NH House: more study needed on tax repeal
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's House has voted to further study a bill that would repeal an unpopular business tax....
NH fire departments get federal grants
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- The fire departments in Manchester, Candia and Nottingham are getting more than $670,000 for breathing apparatuses and other equipment....
NH legislative committee proposes $47m in cuts
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A committee of the New Hampshire Legislature has recommended $47 million in cuts to social services, the courts, the environment and prisons....
Jury begins deliberations in NH landlord death
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) -- A defense lawyer said Wednesday that a man charged with beating his landlord to death so he could trade in the victim's pickup truck for a motorcycle was fighting back as the landlord tried to rape him. But a prosecutor said the man's story was the latest scam by a manipulative defendant....
Vt. National Guard brigade in place in Afghanistan
COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) -- About 1,500 members of the Vermont Army National Guard are now at their bases in Afghanistan and most have begun carrying out their on-the-ground missions....
Maine News
76 CMP workers in Long Island, NY
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Central Maine Power crews are on New York's Long Island helping to restore service to 263,000 customers who're still in the dark following a weekend wind storm....
Maine House OKs drug take-back plan
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Traces of old and unused medications that people throw out with the trash are showing up in water, and Maine lawmakers took a step Wednesday toward reversing the problem - at the expense of the pharmaceutical industry....
Vt. National Guard brigade in place in Afghanistan
COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) -- About 1,500 members of the Vermont Army National Guard are now at their bases in Afghanistan and most have begun carrying out their on-the-ground missions....
Portland Pirates staying in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The Portland Pirates and their mascots Salty Pete and his sidekick Crackers the parrot are staying put in Maine's largest city....
Maine College of Art names new president
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine College of Art trustees have selected Donald Tuski to serve as the institution's 17th president....
Officials say five people were injured when a car driven by a 69-year-old woman crashed into the reception area of a medical office building in Peabody. Police said the driver, Liduina Goulart of Peabody, was taken to a hospital along with a passenger and three people who were inside the Internal Medicine Physicians of the North Shore building. Capt. Dennis Boniuto said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening and that at least one victim had already been released from the hospital. Boniuto says the vehicle had pulled up in front of the building, then accelerated and crashed into the glass facade.
A caution sign used for swimming warns drivers about the flooded parking lot at the Braintree D.P.W. (WBZ-AM)
Federal disaster officials are touring parts of Massachusetts to assess damage from last weekend's torrential rains and winds. Gov. Deval Patrick said the visit by representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration is part of the state's effort to make its case for federal disaster assistance.Patrick said he's also contacted U.S. Sens. John Kerry and Scott Brown to enlist their help. The storm caused serious flooding in parts of the state and forced the MBTA to temporarily suspend commuter rail service between the Braintree and Holbrook/Randolph stations because of a washed out rail bed.
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Two and a half months after the body of 17-year old Andrew Dexter was found behind a guardrail on Head of the Bay Road in Bourne, police have made an arrest. Andrea Mastandrea of Plymouth is charged with negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident and driving an uninsured vehicle.
A Springfield man has been ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to fatally stabbing a 17-year-old high school soccer star attending a birthday party at a city restaurant.
Brazen Conn. warehouse heist nets $75M in pills
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind - not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs....
5 hurt as car crashes into Peabody medical office
PEABODY, Mass. (AP) -- Officials say five people were injured when a car driven by a 69-year-old woman crashed into the reception area of a medical office building in Peabody....
Activist's family sues over Mass. wheelchair death
BOSTON (AP) -- A wheelchair company and its technicians are to blame for the death of a disability advocate who died after his wheelchair malfunctioned during routine repairs, pinning his legs under a tabletop and causing him to suffer seizures, according to a lawsuit brought by the man's family....
RI police probe death of missing college student
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Providence police say they're investigating the death of a college student from Massachusetts whose body was pulled from a river this week....
Brazen Conn. warehouse heist nets $75M in pills
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind - not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs....
Poll: McMahon apparent leader in GOP Senate race
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon has taken the apparent lead among Connecticut Republicans running for the U.S. Senate, but is trailing Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the general election race, according to a poll released Wednesday....
Thousands still without power in Conn.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- About 23,000 homes and businesses in southwestern Connecticut remain without power, four days after a powerful rain and wind storm hit the state....
Judge orders competency hearing for murder suspect
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut judge has ordered a competency hearing for a man charged in the home invasion killings of a mother and her two daughters....
Drug heist investigators trying to find suspects
ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Police in a Connecticut town where $75 million in pharmaceuticals were stolen say they are interviewing company workers, checking area hotels and following other leads to identify suspects....
Rhode Island News
Lackey lights out before Mets rally past Red Sox
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Boston starter John Lackey gave up two hits in four innings before the New York Mets rallied with four runs in the eighth for a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday....
RI police probe death of missing college student
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Providence police say they're investigating the death of a college student from Massachusetts whose body was pulled from a river this week....
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