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First Team to Ever Rescue a Whale Now Frees Species Worldwide 30 Years Later
On Thanksgiving Day 30 years ago, a whale in distress was freed from a heavy, dragging mass of fishing gear in the icy waters...
Town Lights Up the Night With River of Light
Saturday night in a tiny town in Central Vermont, hundreds of children and artists of all ages will be aglow in a beautiful December...
Lion King Performance Planned For Autistic Audience
The New England chapter of Autism Speaks is teaming up with Disney Theatrical Productions and Broadway in Boston to provide an “autism-friendly” performance of...
Maine Scientists Say Acid Rain Effects Are Reversing Much Faster
"Two Maine scientists are celebrating good news about the environment, after a decades-long study has shown that the negative effects of acid rain have...
Get Free Music in Support of Alzheimer’s Research
While the ice bucket challenge to support ALS research and awareness makes its rounds on social media, and Robin Williams' death has made depression...
New Hospital in Haiti is Fully Powered by 1,800 Solar Panels
Over the past 25 years Partners In Health (PIH) has been working to bring the benefits of modern medical science to poor residents who...
Six Amazing Ways People Helped After Boston Marathon Tragedy
Mr. Rogers famously answered the question of what to tell children when scary things happen on the news. It holds true for all of...
Boy’s Big Birthday Wish: Help for Dogs Like His
For his 11th birthday, Sam isn’t begging for the latest video game or Lego set. Instead, the kindhearted Massachusetts boy decided to continue his...
90 Percent of Endangered Species Recovering on Time
A new Center for Biological Diversity analysis of 110 endangered species finds that 90 percent are on track to meet recovery goals set by...
Oil-le-lujah! Gas Prices Will Continue Falling in US
Great news for your wallet: Gas prices dropped this past month and are expected to continue their slide. The drop in crude oil prices...
Evidence That Screening Reduces Lung Cancer Deaths
Screening smokers and ex-smokers with spiral CT scans can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20% without triggering too many dangerous or unnecessary tests that...
Vermont’s Pension Solution: Civility
You don’t see the Vermont governor criticizing public employees, like leaders in New Jersey, Maine, Wisconsin and other states. No members have walked out...
Haiti Public Health Progress ‘Encouraging’
A year after the devastating Haiti earthquake, there has been "encouraging" progress in public health in the island nation. One high spot has been...
Artisans Reincarnating a Felled Champion Elm Tree
A massive elm tree, 217 years old and the largest left in New England, finally succumbed to Dutch elm disease and had to be...
New Skin Cancer Drug Appears to Work When Nothing Else Does
Gene targeting drug therapy may offer hope for those with difficult-to-treat advanced-stage skin cancer according to preliminary data published last week in the New...
Heart Attacks Down 24% Over Ten Years, 62% for Worst Type
Preventive measures to help people lower their risk of heart disease have been so effective that a new study documented a drop of 24%...
Students Take College Giving Courses
In a growing national movement, students are enrolling in newly created philanthropy courses and steering thousands of dollars to local charities. At...
Endangered Right Whales Break Spring Birth Record
A baby boom in the Atlantic for the endangered right whale has naturalists cheering. A record 39 calves born this spring shatters...
53 Wind Projects Awarded $8.5M, Includes Environmental Impact Research
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu last week announced a list of 53 wind energy projects that will receive up to $8.5...
Encouraging Signs for Osprey
After the population of osprey in Massachusetts plummeted to 12 pairs in the 1960s, the majestic bird began a slow recovery starting...