Massachusetts
Kevin Osborne, U.S. Forest Service
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Wikipedia Commons
Only certain materials may be burned during the season, which lasts from January 15 through May 1. Not all communities participate, and there are penalties, like fines and jail time, for unsafe fires.
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
We find out how we can honor Indigenous history in western Mass. at the Wendell Meetinghouse and check in with the SSO as it prepares for its annual MLK Jr. celebration.
![This week’s panel includes Sam Hudzik, news director for NEPM; Emeritus Paul Tuthill former Pioneer Valley bureau chief for WAMC; and Matt Szafranski, Western Mass Politics and Insight editor-in-chief [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fb630ae/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3f%2Fdb%2F8ab0807e4d3c83b09bfb955f5c06%2Fthumbnail-rundown-1-10-25.jpg)
Tony Dunne
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NEPM
Today on The Rundown, panelists unpack newly released footage of Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s OUI arrest, a potential ban on fossil fuels for construction projects in Northampton, a $20M deal to preserve 2,400 acres of land and much more.
Civil Asset Forfeiture | Investigation with The Republican
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Rob Terry
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Courtesy of the author
Trees are deemed a climate ally and here in New England we’re rich in them. But New Englanders tend to take them for granted — and that’s a dangerous thing.
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