ENVIRONMENT

We learn about all the community-forward healthcare that is provided by local organization Tapestry Health, learn about the invasive spotted lantern fly with NEPM reporter Philip Bishop and Jennifer Foreman Orth of MDAR and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We talk with comic book author Diane DiMassa about her new anthology, learn about what the Arcadia Folk Festival has in store this year, and ask the Word Nerd about common misnomers.

Legislation filed by State Rep. Aaron Saunders aims to give other cities and towns a seat at the table

We head into the woods with author Noah Charney to talk about his book, "These Trees Tell a Story," and learn about the legal advocate shortage in Mass. with Jack Godleski and Izaac Maas.

For the first time since 1985, parts of the Connecticut River near Hatfield and Holyoke will not have channel markers informing boaters of possible dangers.

As commissioner of the DCR, LaChapelle will lead a department responsible for managing and protecting more than 400 thousand acres of public land.

The proposed biomass plant would burn wood to create energy, something local advocates say will make Springfield's already poor air quality even worse.

We visit Lichter and Levin Delicatessen as they prepare for opening in Northampton, take a tour of Nightjar Farm and find out how to celebrate the Jurassic armored mud ball.

A CDC-funded research center based at UMass Amherst is looking for natural alternatives to chemical tick repellants, and they believe a substance produced by donkey glands might offer one.

Discovering gardening during the pandemic, Shayla Burge has learned a lot about self care through caring for her plants and produce.