Gil's good-bye - PHOTO GALLERY Surrounded by family, friends and co-workers, Gil Santos does his last morning sportscast on WBZ Newsradio1030. (Photos: Allan E. Dines)
MassPike raises defended It may be pushing a major toll hike, but the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has given out payraises of up to $31,000
to 13 managers over the past year. Executive Director Alan LeBovidge tells the Globe he's looking at the salary upgrades as a savings, since the pay increases coincided with the elimination of some management positions.
Gas tax revenue down as people drive less As gas prices rise and people drive a bit less, the state is losing gasoline tax revenues it relies on for road and bridge projects. The U.S. Transportation Department reported Monday that Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May than they did in the same month last year. It was the seventh month in a row that overall driving had declined.
New Hampshire News
NH expects busy holiday weekend
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire tourism officials are expecting many visitors this weekend from New England and the Mid-Atlantic states....
Gov's office says Ayotte promised to finish term
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Amid speculation that New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is considering a U.S. Senate run next year, there is word that she told the governor last spring she intended to serve her entire term as the state's top prosecutor....
Review faults prosecutor in NH offender release
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A court review says three violent sex offenders were released as New Hampshire authorities worked to keep them behind bars because prosecutors did not make it clear to judges that deadlines had to be met to keep them confined....
New Hampton, NH, angry about child killer
NEW HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampton, N.H., residents are outraged they weren't told convicted child killer Raymond Guay moved to town two months ago....
NH machete attack suspect dies
WESTMORELAND, N.H. (AP) -- A Westmoreland, N.H., man accused of slashing a neighbor with a machete last month has died....
Maine News
New citizens being sworn in in Maine
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The Fourth of July is a big day for 25 people in Maine. They are taking the oath as new citizens of the United States....
Storm knocks out power in Maine
PENOBSCOT, Maine (AP) -- Fire officials believe lightning from a violent thunderstorm started fires early Friday that nearly destroyed a summer house on Isle Au Haut, Maine, and a home in Guilford. The storm also knocked out power to thousands and washed out many roads....
3 victims of NH shooting remembered
CONWAY, N.H. (AP) -- Three men who were murdered during a botched robbery in a Conway, N.H., store two years ago are being remembered....
Value of Maine beaches to be explored
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) -- Maine's sand beaches bring about $500 million of new money into the state each year and support some 8,000 jobs, but the beach economy could be put in jeopardy because of the rising sea level....
President Obama Radio Address 07/04/2009
President Barack Obama invokes the "Spirit of America" to argue for health care, energy and education reform on this Fourth of July holiday.
Holiday accidents kill four on Bay State Roads Four people have been killed in a pair of early-morning Fourth of July accidents. The first, involving four cars, occured in Quincy. On person died. A short time later, a single-car accident on I-95 in Attleboro claimed three lives. Both accidents are under investigation.
MA will close 11 motor vehicle offices, open 5 new ones The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles is closing 11 branches statewide and opening five new branches in a move to deal with a $13 million cut in its budget. The agency says the closings will save $1.7 million annually. The shutdowns begin this month in Lowell and end in December in Boston. Branches are also closing in North Attleboro, Cambridge, New Bedford, Springfield, Southbridge, Framingham, Falmouth, Eastham and Beverly.
Pope declares MA man's recovery a miracle, beatifies Cardinal Newman Pope Benedict XVI placed Cardinal John Henry Newman, an influential 19th century Anglican convert, on the path to possible sainthood Friday by approving a recent miracle in Massachusetts attributed to his intercession. Newman, a hero to many Anglicans and Roman Catholics alike, can now be beatified. A second miracle is necessary for him to be declared a saint - an event which, if it happens, would make him the first English-born saint since the Reformation. The miracle approved Friday by the pope concerns the medically inexplicable cure of a Marshfield resident, John Sullivan, who suffered from debilitating back pain for years but was cured after praying to Newman.
MA teen arrested in slaying of young mother A New Bedford teen has been arrested for allegedly killing a young mother in a shooting outside his home.
Seventeen-year-old Erick Cournoyer was arrested on Thursday and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.
Cournoyer is charged with killing 18-year-old Bianca Maria Rosado on Wednesday night and wounding her boyfriend, 17-year-old Victor Camacho.
Camacho was in stable condition at a local
One person hurt after elderly driver crashes into liquor store An 83 year old woman crashed her Mustang convertible through the front of Fannon's Liquors in Natick just before 11:00 this morning. Authorities say it appears the woman drove into the parking lot then apparently hit the accelerator, slamming into the store.
Ky. Board of Education pares field for chief to 4
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The Kentucky Board of Education has narrowed the list of candidates for state education commissioner to four candidates....
Bidding on baseball letters suspended amid inquiry
NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities are looking into whether a newly discovered trove of letters to one of baseball's founding fathers contains documents that disappeared long ago from the New York Public Library....
Job seekers seek solace with fellow faithful
BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) -- Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk....
Conn. governor vetoes 7 bills in 1 day
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed seven bills Thursday - the highest number of rejections she's issued in a single day this year - including one that would have required chain restaurants in Connecticut to post calorie counts for their regular menu items....
Rhode Island Daily Lottery
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) -- The winning numbers in the Rhode Island daily lottery drawing for Friday were:...
Red Sox disabled 3B Lowell feeling good
BOSTON (AP) -- Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hip, said Friday that he feels like he could play now....
Red Sox pitcher Dice-K's going to Florida
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka will head to Florida on Monday to begin a spring training-like strengthening program that the Red Sox hope will get him back to the big leagues later this season....
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