Jill Kaufman
Reporter/Producer/HostJill Kaufman has been a reporter and host at NEPM since 2005. Before that she spent 10 years at WBUR in Boston, producing The Connection with Christopher Lydon, reporting and hosting. In the months leading up to the 2000 presidential primary in New Hampshire, Jill hosted NHPR’s daily talk show The Exchange. Right before coming to NEPM, Jill was an editor at PRX's The World.
She can be reached at jill_kaufman [at] nepm.org.
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Food banks around the U.S. have been busier than usual in the past month. Produce for soup kitchens and pantries comes from several sources, including fields that are gleaned of excess crops, after farmers finish their harvest. -
Union fire fighters in Amherst, Massachusetts, are calling on town management to fully staff the department, after last week's blaze that destroyed an apartment building, displacing 232 people. -
The Friday night fire in Amherst, Massachusetts, that destroyed a four story building under construction and an adjacent 75-unit apartment complex still wasn't fully extinguished by Sunday afternoon. In all, 230 UMass students and two others lost their housing, their belongings— but officials said no one was injured. -
In Amherst, Massachusetts, 232 people were displaced after a fire started Friday night in an apartment complex, used as off campus housing for many UMass students. -
A downtown Northampton, Mass. organization, has made raking leaves an annual election day event. -
Standing among a crowd of supporters at the local Italian-American social club, Reichelt said said he was re-elected because he followed through on his vision and plan to make West Springfield a better place to live. -
Michael McCabe said his priorities in his third term as mayor of Westfield, include a new police department building, a new hospital emergency department and getting the state to develop the Westfield exit off the Mass Turnpike. -
Municipal elections in Westfield are non partisan, but 63-year-old Mayor Michael McCabe lists himself as a Republican, according to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. His opponent, 39-year-old Andrew Mullen is a Democrat, and has no record of donations or expenditures.
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Almost half of the households in Holyoke, Mass., depend on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Within days, those benefits are expected to run out as the federal government shutdown continues. City officials have announced several initiatives to help its many low income residents keep food on their table — without the federal assistance. -
In West Springfield, Mass., residents will decide next week whether to re-elect Mayor William Reichelt or vote for long time city councilor Daniel O'Brien.
