An activists’ group says the raffle of a 5-day trip in Maine to trap black bears effectively encourages trappers to go somewhere else to skirt New Hampshire regulations.
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Boston turns historic page with Kim Janey, city’s first female and first Black mayor
Fellow Democrat Marty Walsh resigned Monday to become President Joe Biden’s labor secretary.
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Massachusetts high school fires football coach after anti-Semitic play calls
Duxbury High dismisses the coach after reports that his team used anti-Semitic language in its on-field play calling during a recent game.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, New England
Boston declares March 26 ‘Leonard Nimoy Day’
The ‘Star Trek’ actor nurtured his acting talent at the Elizabeth Peabody House and the West End Boys Club and as a teenager received a summer scholarship for acting lessons at Boston College.
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Maine’s baby eel fishermen hope for normalcy in 2021
Maine has the only significant fishery for the eels in the U.S., and they sometimes fetch more than $2,000 per pound.
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Two hikers found dead after apparent fall in Acadia National Park
Officials say a man and woman from Massachusetts appear to have fallen about 100 feet along ice-covered cliff bands on Dorr Mountain.
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New Hampshire to offer vaccines to all adults within weeks
The state hasn’t figured out whether New Hampshire college students from other states will be eligible to get vaccinated.
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Libertarians want to make New Hampshire a flying car mecca
Last year, New Hampshire became the first U.S. state to make flying cars road-legal.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House agreed to the Senate amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act, which will spend $1.9 trillion on various measures, many of them related to COVID-19.
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Maine man accused in 1986 Connecticut killing indicted on child porn charge
Marc J. Karun of Stetson, who was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor, also faces murder and kidnapping charges in connection with the slaying 35 years ago of an 11-year-old girl.