Your Skin Is In Tanning Is Out
The Melanoma Foundation of New England (MFNE) is holding its 7th annual Your Skin Is In Tanning is Out pledge drive from January 6 to April 30. The Your Skin Is In program educates teens and young adults on the dangers of tanning and the direct link between tanning beds and melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Melanoma Survivor and MFNE spokesperson Meghan Rothschild is celebrating 10 years of being melanoma-free. She works with teens and warns about the dangers of tanning during Your Skin Is In and explains the importance of this.
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Meghan Rothschild on Facebook
Why I Left the Amish
Several years ago, Saloma Furlong from Sunderland, left the Amish and wrote a book, “Why I Left the Amish,” and she was featured on an American Experience documentary, “The Amish.”
Saloma has now written a new book, “Bonnet Strings: An Amish Woman’s Ties to Two Worlds” and also is in the follow-up American Experience documentary called “The Amish: Shunned” which will air on Feb 4th on PBS. She will be doing a pre-screening on Feb. 2 at the Sunderland Public Library.
Cori Urban, a reporter from The Republican, has written about Saloma and a young Amish girl, Anna, who lived with Saloma and her husband after deciding to leave the Amish. Anna’s story is also featured in this follow-up documentary with a surprising end.
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Home Heating
Most people this winter are turning up the heat to try to stay warm in the bitter cold we’ve had this winter. But with increased demand in the Northeast, people can expect to pay more for their energy bills.
Tonight we look at two families looking at ways to save energy, but also save money over the long run. Carolee McGrath has more.
Social Media in the Workplace
Tanzania C. Cannon-Eckerle, attorney at Royal LLP, talks about social media use and the workplace, and how it could potentially lead to devastating consequences.
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