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Young Adults Are Struggling With Mental Illness. This New Center In Newport Wants To Intervene Earlier.

March 1, 2021

Jamie Lehane’s son was 18 years old and had just gone off to college, when Lehane’s phone rang unexpectedly. “I got the call from the campus police that, ‘Your son is being rushed to a local community hospital, and that he’s had a serious mental breakdown,’” Lehane said. It turned out to be a psychotic…

‘I Am Starting To Panic’: Family And Medical Leave Recipients In Mass. Face Delayed Payments, Uncertainty

March 1, 2021

Filipe Zamborlini and his wife were thrilled about becoming parents, but they weren’t sure exactly how they’d manage child care for their soon-to-arrive daughter. “My wife and I had some really hard conversations, talking about who would quit their jobs to be able to take care of her,” Zamborlini said. Both of them work for…

Mass Audubon Confronts Legacy Of Its Namesake As Nation Reckons With Race

February 26, 2021

The Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Boston Nature Center in Mattapan offers a home to more than 150 species of birds. And a winter afternoon offers up evidence of a few of them: Three-toed footprints of wild turkeys dot snowy paths like small dinosaur tracks; and in the leafless trees, robins and white-throated sparrows chirp as they flit…

With Trial Data Still Limited, Pregnant Women Consider The COVID-19 Vaccine

February 25, 2021

Scientists and researchers have been talking about COVID-19 vaccines since last spring when the virus first surged through communities. But the timeline for development was really unknown. “So it was there in my mind, but it wasn’t something I was counting on in terms of protection or timing with pregnancy,” said Samantha Morris. Morris, who…

Local Lady, Stranded in New Zealand During Pandemic, Lands Herself a Lockdown Fellow

February 19, 2021

During the pandemic, NHPR has received hundreds – if not thousands – of emails from listeners. People have written in expressing frustration with the government, or school closures, or to sing the praises of the National Guard and healthcare workers. One recent email stood out for where it was sent from: an Epping, New Hampshire…

Singing Bollywood In The Sunroom: A Daughter Remembers Her Dad As He Was Before COVID

February 19, 2021

Editors’ note: Salman Wasti was an immigrant. A professor. A cook. A collector of things. A lover of plants. A homebody. Born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1944, Wasti grew up in Karachi. In his early 20s, he earned a full scholarship to the University of Hawaii. Eventually, he settled in New England, after accepting a…

Growing Frustration On Campus Over How Hate And Harassment Incidents Are Handled

February 18, 2021

Young Black and brown women living in a multicultural dorm at Boston College said they were startled awake in the middle of the night earlier this month as two white students ran through their hall, banging on doors and trashing the place. There’s growing frustration over how that and other incidents have been handled on…

‘Why’d You Pick Me?’ Eyewitness Reforms Offer Limited Help To Those Convicted Decades Ago

February 16, 2021

In 2011, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court put together a task force of people from all over the criminal justice community. They studied how eyewitness evidence is used in the courtroom and offered science-based recommendations going forward. But it left many people who were convicted before the report still in prison. Read the rest of…

In Memoriam: Troy’s Only Covered Bridge

February 11, 2021

Over the weekend, the only covered bridge in the Northeast Kingdom town of Troy burned down. Many in town are mourning the loss of the 111-year-old landmark. Just before noon on Saturday, Feb. 6, Heather Lighty was sitting on the couch with her husband. He showed her a video someone had posted online. It was…

As Farmers Plant Cover Crops To Reduce Runoff, Report Says They Also Use More Herbicides

February 10, 2021

A new report by a retired state scientist shows the apparent unintended consequence of the successful push by dairy farmers to reduce nutrient runoff into Lake Champlain. Farmers reduce runoff by planting their corn fields with cover crops, which they then kill annually with herbicides. The report documents an increase in herbicides applied on the…