Rodrique Ngowi, Author at Valley News

Michael Barbieri, 52, shovels snow from his driveway and sidewalk before going to work, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Pittsfield, Mass. The storm dumped heavy, wet snow on parts of the Northeast, causing tens of thousands of power outages. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

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Northeast digs out from winter storm, faces power outages

by Rodrique Ngowi Associated Press, and Kathy McCormack Associated PressMarch 15, 2023

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Parts of New England and New York were digging out of a nor’easter Wednesday that caused tens of thousands of power outages, numerous school cancellations and whiteout conditions on the roads.The storm began Monday night and lasted…

In this Friday April 10, 2020 photo, mammal trainer Terra Wilson, right, wears a protective mask as she attends to the needs of seals in an outdoor exhibit at the New England Aquarium in Boston. The workers who feed and train Atlantic harbor seals have been donning masks as a safeguard to avoid the unlikely scenario of unknowingly infecting the animals with the coronavirus, after concerns rose after a tiger at New York's Bronx zoo tested positive for the virus. At rear is the...

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Seals suspicious of masked handlers

by Rodrique Ngowi Associated PressApril 13, 2020

Five women who were hanged as witches 325 years ago at Proctor's Ledge during the Salem witch trials are being remembered in a noon ceremony at the site of their death, pictured here, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Salem, Mass. Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Wildes were hanged as witches on July 19, 1692. It was the first of three mass executions at the site on Proctor's Ledge. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Witch Trial Victims Remembered 325 Years Later

by Rodrique Ngowi Associated PressJuly 23, 2017

In this Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 photo flames engulf the wall and ceiling of a room as well as items in the room thirty-five seconds into the ignition of a Christmas tree during a test burn by the fire protection engineering lab at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Worcester, Mass. The test was conducted in an effort to raise awareness about fire safety this holiday season. (Matthew Burgos/Worcester Polytechnic Institute via AP)

by Rodrique Ngowi Associated PressDecember 3, 2016