Western Massachusetts
The small, liberal arts college in Amherst was founded in 1965 and has been facing financial pressures in recent years.
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We play western Mass. trivia with Chris Bigelow of Cloud 9 Productions and talk to Lieutenant Gov. Kim Driscoll, ornithologist David Sibley for a very special 413 Day celebration broadcast.
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Carrie Saldo and panelists discuss ballot initiatives to ban social media use among teens and recreational marijuana use, hurdles faced by a housing authority to open up affordable housing, nuclear arms production in Pittsfield and more.
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