Jason Solowski

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Investigative Producer at WBTS-TV (Boston, MA)

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Teacher retention rates: What's driving educators out of the classroom?

Sep 24, 2024 | nbcboston.com | Cory Smith |Jason Solowski

Though she’s no longer teaching, Kimberlee Maniscalco’s thoughts often find their way back to her students. “I loved them and taught them as if they were family to me. We were. I called them our class family,” she said. STAY IN THE KNOWWatch NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Get Boston local news, weather forecasts, lifestyle and entertainment stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC Boston’s newsletters.
When the Storrowed beer brewery's truck was 'Storrowed': 'how cruel is karma?'

Aug 28, 2024 | nbcboston.com | Jason Solowski |Ryan Kath

It's "Storrowing" Season in Boston, and we're covering it from all angles. Read more here: 'Storrowings' are a Boston spectacle — and this year could see the most in a decadePHOTOS: 'Storrowing' crashes have their own names, from 'Tin Foil' and beyond STAY IN THE KNOWWatch NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Get Boston local news, weather forecasts, lifestyle and entertainment stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC Boston’s newsletters.
It's 'Storrowing' season in Boston: Crashes are up — see where

Aug 28, 2024 | nbcboston.com | Jason Solowski |Ryan Kath

It's "Storrowing" Season in Boston, and we're covering it from all angles. Read more here: PHOTOS: 'Storrowing' crashes have their own names, from 'Tin Foil' and beyondOne Boston brewery's too-tall tale of getting 'Storrowed' WATCH ANYTIME FOR FREESo far in 2024, there have been 14 bridge strikes along Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road in Boston. The record, 17, was set in 2022.
PHOTOS: ‘Storrowing' crashes have their own names, from ‘Tin Foil' and beyond

Aug 28, 2024 | nbcboston.com | Jason Solowski |Ryan Kath

It's "Storrowing" Season in Boston, and we're covering it from all angles. Read more here: 'Storrowings' are a Boston spectacle — and this year could see the most in a decadeOne Boston brewery's too-tall tale of getting 'Storrowed' STAY IN THE KNOWWatch NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Get Boston local news, weather forecasts, lifestyle and entertainment stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC Boston’s newsletters.
Local esports tournament hopes to educate teens about deadly fake pills

Jun 4, 2024 | nbcboston.com | Jason Solowski

The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying a new approach to connect with today’s youth… video game tournaments. This Thursday, the DEA is hosting an esports tournament in Worcester, Massachusetts, and the hope is to bring awareness to their “One Pill Can Kill” campaign. STAY IN THE KNOWWatch NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Get Boston local news, weather forecasts, lifestyle and entertainment stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC Boston’s newsletters.
In studying veterans' brains, Boston doctors hope to solve puzzle of treating trauma

Feb 12, 2024 | nbcboston.com | Jason Solowski |Cory Smith

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 image of his former self.
Senate votes to ban declawing cats, remove ‘archaic' laws

Jan 19, 2024 | necn.com | Ryan Kath |Jason Solowski

Senators moved as a unit on Thursday, unanimously passing a trio of bills early in the busy seven-month stretch at the end of the legislative session. The Senate unanimously approved bills to prohibit inhumane cat declawing (S 2552), require real estate appraisers licensed (S 2550) and remove so-called "archaic laws" from state statute (S 2551).
Veteran disability claims: Black veterans denied more often, data shows

Nov 9, 2023 | necn.com | Glenn Jones |Lucy Bustamante |Kyle Jones |Jason Solowski

New data received by NBC News from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows that Black veterans were denied disability claims more than white veterans across the VA healthcare system in the last 20 years. The disparities were highlighted in a series of reports by NBC News Now and NBC local stations in a series called “American Vets: Benefits, Race and Inequality.“Two local veterans from the Boston area say generations of mistrust at the VA need to be repaired. “We served this country.
Bald eagles in Massachusetts are threatened by rat poison

Sep 27, 2023 | necn.com | Jason Solowski

The bald eagle is making a comeback in the Bay State. But the progress of these magnificent creatures is threatened as efforts to control the rat population in metropolitan areas like Boston have introduced dangerous and deadly chemicals into the eagles’ food chain. Just four miles north of Boston, at Upper Mystic Lake in Medford, Massachusetts, John Herbert from Mass Audubon sets his gaze toward the tree line. “There's nesting bald eagles here,” he says.
Bald eagles in Massachusetts are threatened by rat poison

Sep 27, 2023 | nbcboston.com | Jason Solowski

The bald eagle is making a comeback in the Bay State. But the progress of these magnificent creatures is threatened as efforts to control the rat population in metropolitan areas like Boston have introduced dangerous and deadly chemicals into the eagles’ food chain. Just four miles north of Boston, at Upper Mystic Lake in Medford, Massachusetts, John Herbert from Mass Audubon sets his gaze toward the tree line. “There's nesting bald eagles here,” he says.