Adam Frenier
All Things Considered Reporter/Producer/HostAdam joined NEPM as a freelance reporter and fill-in operations assistant during the summer of 2011. For more than 15 years, Adam has had a number stops throughout his broadcast career, including as a news reporter and anchor, sports host and play-by-play announcer as well as a producer and technician.
Adam graduated from UMass Amherst in 2004 with a B.A. in History.
He can be reached at adam_frenier [at] nepm.org.
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The study from the UMass Amherst Donahue Institute said research funding helps to support more than 81,000 jobs and a total of over $16 billion in economic activity in Massachusetts. -
The headlining race on Northampton's September 16 preliminary ballot is for mayor. A field of four will be trimmed to two ahead of November's general election. -
Western Massachusetts and other parts of the region have been stuck in a hot, humid weather pattern over the last week, which has produced some heavy thunderstorms. -
A similar bill passed the house in 2022, but was not taken up by the Senate. And there's another push on Beacon Hill to restrict how the technology is used by law enforcement. -
![This week's panel for The Rundown includes Larry Parnass, executive editor for The Springfield Republican; freelance journalist Sarah Robertson [not pictured]; and Elizabeth Román, NEPM executive news director.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9f24279/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+26/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F4d%2Fca2d953b403a8d57d347b9c226e9%2Fgrove.png)
We discuss how a new state budget could aid local homeowners with crumbling foundations, relicensing hydropower facilities in Franklin County, talks of reinstating “happy hour” for Mass. restaurants and bars and more. -
The West Springfield-based non-profit operates the annual Big E fair on its grounds. -
Glickman School in the city's Sixteen Acres neighborhood is one of about a dozen buildings which will, or have received new ventilation system upgrades in recent years. -
Consumer fireworks are completely illegal in Massachusetts. Those caught in possession could face fines and confiscation. -
The Hampden District Attorney's investigates fatal or potentially fatal crashes. So far in 2025, it has responded to 42 major incidents, including 28 which resulted in death. -
The proposed biomass plant would burn wood to create energy, something local advocates say will make Springfield's already poor air quality even worse.
![This week's panel for The Rundown includes Larry Parnass, executive editor for The Springfield Republican; freelance journalist Sarah Robertson [not pictured]; and Elizabeth Román, NEPM executive news director.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6fa045f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+26/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F4d%2Fca2d953b403a8d57d347b9c226e9%2Fgrove.png)
