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UMass Amherst study will use wearable sensors to measure biological symptoms during toddlers' tantrums.

LaMar Cook, a community leader in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Clarence Smith, owner of The Final Touch barbershop, organized the event at the Rebecca Johnson school gym and provided free backpacks and school supplies for kids.

The immigrant farmworker advocacy organization Migrant Justice recently hosted its annual soccer tournament. Farmworkers from across Vermont, plus some nearby states, came out to play. The day included good games, Mexican food and bumping music.

National Breastfeeding Awareness Month calls for additional support for mothers who want to breastfeed.

A once thriving Latino Center in Manchester closed in 2009. Now advocates and community members are working to re-establish a space to support and connect new arrivals to the state.

Our summer fiction series continues with an interview with author Katie Hafner.

Dr. Catherine Pearlman, a licensed clinical social worker, has written a new book called "First Phone: A Child's Guide To Digital Responsibility And Safety.”

The state offers a $50 deposit for every eligible Massachusetts newborn into a savings account within one year of their birth or adoption, to be used for education. A report in CommonWealth found that families in poorer communities are not taking advantage of the money, two years into the program.

Vermont writer Archer Mayor wears many hats. After finishing more than 40 mysteries set in the Brattleboro area, Mayor says he will pause his writing to perform more death investigating for the State of Vermont. His forthcoming book, "Fall Guy" is due out in late September.

Massachusetts Senators were not convinced savings would reach consumers, and on Thursday rejected a Republican-led push to pause gas tax collections through Labor Day even as Gov. Charlie Baker signaled he was warming to the idea.