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For Hispanic Heritage Month, the Yale Peabody Museum hosts a full day of events centered around Latino culture and scientific research.

This past July, Sunshine Stewart, a woman who regularly went paddle boarding alone was killed on a pond in Union. Police have charged a teenager with her murder but few details have been released about the case. Incidents like this are rare in Maine. And while they can have a chilling effect, some are responding to the tragedy by doubling down on doing what they love.

The Big E, the largest fair in the Northeast, attracts about 1.5 million people each year to the fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Vendors, staff, exhibitors and guests reflect on what the fair means to them.

The 20th annual Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival hosted foodies from near and far as a fundraiser for the great houses of the Gilded Age.

Eight municipalities in Vermont have adopted "situation tables" — regular meetings of law enforcement and social services agencies that are meant to coordinate responses to intertwined social challenges, like poverty and addiction, that can sometimes lead to crime.

In collective gardens, a group of gardeners works in the same plot together and shares the harvest equally. This model can result in dozens of pounds of produce and help foster relationships.

The African Diaspora Foodways Institute of Vermont has begun by providing professional development, marketing support and $10,000 grants to four entrepreneurs.

Two Palestinian American women have become the second generation of their family businesses. One is a restaurant owner in Brooklyn, New York. One is a book publisher in Northampton, Massachusetts. They're connected through their culture, their families — and through the publishing of a new Palestinian cookbook.

Ecuatorianos Unidos en Connecticut hosted an event at the state Capitol to honor the el Día del Primer Grito de Independencia, Ecuadorian Independence Day.

Through their shared experience, they’ve forged a bond that’s helped them navigate the change and uncertainty that’s come with being separated from their spouses.