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 latest winter storm set to hit New England is now forecast to drop between 1 and inches of snow across parts of the Springfield area starting early Tuesday, with lesser totals in Franklin and Berkshire counties. This is a significant change from previous forecasts for the storm, which called for a greater impact on western Massachusetts.
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Deemed "chronically underperforming," the Holyoke Public Schools were placed under state receivership in 2015. The city's bid to regain local control appears to be stalled.
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Tom Ashe allegedly used his own Facebook account on three occasions to promote fundraising activities for unnamed candidates for office which is a violation of state law. That's according to a letter between the state office of campaign and political finance and Ashe.
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Education officials said more than 4,500 students took advantage of the program, known as Mass Reconnect, across Massachusetts for the fall semester.
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Eight communities and UMass Amherst participate in the system, which provides electric-assist bicycles for rent. The program was shelved last year after the company overseeing it entered bankruptcy proceedings.
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Warwick has been superintendent in Springfield since 2012, and the city native has spent 48 years working for the school district.
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The Healey Administration has awarded $10 million in disaster relief funds to communities impacted by flooding last summer. And a large chunk of that landed in western Massachusetts.
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Lawrence Akers is 64 and police in Massachusetts are usually required to retire at age 65. To get an exemption, the city council and state lawmakers will have to approve what's known as a "home-rule petition."
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The Shoestring reported that the embattled police chief of Greenfield, Massachusetts, and his top deputy received substantial raises from former Mayor Roxann Wedegartner the week before she lost her reelection bid last November.
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Springfield recorded 31 homicides last year, up from 14 in 2022 — the steepest rise among the five largest cities in New England.