Massachusetts Climate Change Bill

Massachusetts Climate Change Bill

As we brace for the third major storm this month, the frequency and impact of this wild weather and its effects, like flooding and other damage, have many thinking that there need to be big solutions to climate change and its effects on Massachusetts. Connecting...
New England Winter Brings Record-Breaking Cold

New England Winter Brings Record-Breaking Cold

Snowstorms are expected during a New England winter, but this season has seen some record-breaking cold snaps as well. Dr. Louis Durkin, the Director of Emergency Medicine at Mercy Medical Center Springfield, has seen several cases of hypothermia and many cases of...
A Look Back at Ice Harvesting in New England

A Look Back at Ice Harvesting in New England

Today, the word “harvest” is most often associated with summer and early fall, but 100 hundred years before electricity, the same stuff that now comes out of the freezer at the touch of a button was commercially “harvested” directly from freshwater ponds. That’s...