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Jesse Costa

At 96, duckling sculptor Nancy Schön gets political with new work in Massachusetts

Andrea Shea

"The Noble Journey," outside St. Leonard's church in the North End highlights the legacy of immigrants who came to the United States.
Jesse Costa

Mass. is a national leader in keeping food waste out of landfills, study finds

Barbara Moran

Massachusetts was among the first five states to pass regulations aimed at keeping food waste out of landfills and incinerators. According to new research in the journal Science, it's the only state where food waste bans are working.

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School maintenance takes no summer break: The staffers behind every fresh start

Carrie Jung

For some school services staff, summer break is their busy season. Here's how they're preparing schools for the new year.
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Activists mobilize to find migrants shelter as state restrictions begin

Simón Rios

Small-scale efforts to help migrants are happening all over the Boston Area, from churches and activists opening up spaces to Haitians lending a hand to compatriots who arrive with nothing.
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New England wins $389 million to upgrade electric grid for wind power

Miriam Wasser

The Department of Energy will help fund upgrades at two electrical substations and a multi-day battery storage project.
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Boston announces a new climate resilience office

Miriam Wasser

The Office of Climate Resilience will focus on rising sea levels, inland flooding and extreme heat.
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The fallout from Vineyard Wind's broken turbine blade

Miriam Wasser

Within hours of fiberglass from a broken offshore wind turbine washing ashore on Nantucket, clean energy and anti-wind advocates jumped on the story, and two competing narratives took hold.
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Judge approves Carney, Nashoba Valley closures as Steward crisis deepens

Martha Bebinger

A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for Steward Health Care to close two Massachusetts hospitals, while the fate of the company’s other hospitals remains unsettled and Steward runs critically low on cash.
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The MBTA's new contactless fare readers are now live. Here are some dos and don'ts

Nik DeCosta-Klipa

You can now go CharlieCard-free on the MBTA. The new “Tap to Ride” system lets riders use credit cards, phones and even smartwatches to directly pay fares on buses and subways. Here are some tips to ensure your first ride goes smoothly.
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20 athletes from Massachusetts to watch at the Paris Olympics

Hanna Ali

Twenty athletes from Massachusetts will represent four different nations across 14 sports at the 2024 Summer Games. Here's when and how to watch them in action.
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Inside a 40-year effort to protect a tiny wild orchid

Barbara Moran

The small whorled pogonia is a rare orchid found only in the Northeastern U.S. There are just about 3,000 in the entire world, most in New England, and conservationists are weighing how to best protect them.
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New England states win $450 million to launch heat pump adoption program

Miriam Wasser - WBUR

The New England Heat Pump Accelerator aims to "permanently shift the market from fossil fuel equipment to heat pumps."

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