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Doctors can now prescribe arts and culture in Massachusetts
Say the word “pharmacy” and you might think of pill bottles and long lines. But what if your prescription was a dance class or a musical performance? Art Pharmacy is a program that is now partnering with Massachusetts health care providers, hospitals, clinics and health plans. Here’s how it works: a health care provider writes a prescription for a...
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After worker death in Sterling, a look at the company's safety record
After a deadly accident at an industrial site in Sterling, Massachusetts, the NBC10 Investigators took a look at the company’s safety record. Brian Curtis Derby, a 67-year-old Townsend resident, was killed when a rock ledge collapsed on his excavator. Derby was a longtime employee of Onyx Corporation, which owns and operates the quarry where the collapse took place. The...
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Mass. bridge inspection dive teams safeguard aging infrastructure
Aging infrastructure in Massachusetts has faced the relentless forces of time and nature, with crumbling concrete, exposed rebar, and rusted steel visible on bridges across the state. What lies beneath the surface is equally crucial in determining the safety of nearly 8,000 bridges that residents rely on daily. Bill Colleran, an Underwater Operations Engineer with the MassDOT Bridge Inspection Dive…
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‘What about us?' Boston has big plans for White Stadium, but residents feel left out
Decades of decay and neglect have left part of Boston’s White Stadium in decrepit condition. Boston Public School students run against the backdrop of peeling paint, piles of debris and rusted out seats on a track that desperately needs an upgrade. The stadium is long overdue for repair. “I am tired of hearing how our talented students are breaking...
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In studying veterans' brains, Boston doctors hope to solve puzzle of treating trauma
A breakthrough program developed at the Boston VA medical center is helping heal the psychological and physical wounds of war. It tailors treatments to veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life by treating all the health issues at the same time instead of individually. Like so many of America’s veterans, John Spagna returned from war a fractured and fragmented...
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2 years after woman's death in crash with MBTA Commuter Rail train, family seeks accountability
The images of the mangled white car on Celeste Edmundson’s television didn’t register with her initially. She was watching a news report about a car that had been hit by an MBTA Commuter Rail train, and immediately thought of her sister. “I sent her a text saying, ‘I hope you weren’t on that train,’” Edmundson recalled. Time passed, but...
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8 on task force resign over Boston schools' English learning plan
More than half of Boston Public Schools’ English Learners Task Force have resigned in protest over a plan to place students who are learning to speak English into general education classrooms where English is the primary language, they said Tuesday. Those students will still receive English as a Second Language, or ESL, services but will not have access to instruction…
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‘Taking@Issue': A political podcast by NBC10 Boston
NBC10 Boston’s Cory Smith, Sue O’Connell and Matt Prichard bring coverage and analysis of politics and government from Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill every Sunday on @Issue — but there’s always more to talk about. “Taking@Issue” offers a glimpse of the conversations that happen behind the scenes, bringing you insight on the issues that affect Boston and Massachusetts, and...
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The Valedictorian Project: Checking in with students on their college careers
For many top graduates of the Boston Public Schools, the journey to college and beyond is filled with obstacles that often derail their dreams. When the Boston Globe tracked down BPS valedictorians from the classes of 2005 to 2007, they found about a quarter failed to get a bachelor’s degree. None went on to medical school, even though nearly one…
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INTERACTIVE MAP: Looking at dam conditions across Massachusetts
Officials flagged two dams as being severely damaged by the flash flooding in Leominster on Monday. According to the Mass Office of Dam Safety, the Barrett Park Pond Dam was last inspected on November 18, 202. Federal data shows it was in poor condition when it was inspected in 2017. The Fall Brook Reservoir Dam was last inspected on November…
