Federal prosecutors say a Georgia man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme that recruited homeless people to cash counterfeit checks in several New England states in exchange for a small cash payment
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Defendants in Massachusetts standoff uncooperative in court appearance
One of the 11 people charged in connection with an armed standoff along Interstate 95 early Saturday said he was a ‘foreign national,’ another invoked his Second Amendment right to bear arms, two others refused to identify themselves.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
People along the U.S.-Canadian border await word of reopening
With increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and dropping infection rates, many are annoyed the two governments haven’t laid out detailed plans to open the border back up.
Posted inMaine, New England
Maine man spends $227,000 using boy’s Social Security number
He pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge on Monday and is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Oct. 7.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
New Hampshire among states grappling with closing youth detention centers
As states from California to Maine consider drastic changes to youth detention centers, New Hampshire is grappling with its own facility that has been rocked by abuse allegations from years past
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
New coral protections coming to areas off New England
The move also creates a dedicated habitat research area called the Jordan Basin Dedicated Habitat Research Area south of the Maine coast.
Posted inMaine, New England
Pandemic-delayed surgeries share blame for ‘unprecedented’ regional blood shortage
Periodic, localized blood shortages are not uncommon, but this shortage is ‘unprecedented in its scope,’ said a blood bank official.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
Connecticut passes legal cannabis bill; governor to sign it
A divided state Senate approves the measure by a 16-11 vote. Connecticut will be the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Rower sets off on solo voyage from Cape Cod to France
The journey is expected to take three months.
Posted inNation & World, New England
U.S. urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence
President Joe Biden is opposed to capital punishment, but a White House spokesperson said in an email that the Justice Department ‘has independence regarding such decisions.’