Aaron Goodwin, a former Portsmouth police officer, insists that the incident was not racially motivated.
New England
A Massachusetts town built a giant sand dune for storm protection. It lasted 3 days.
Salisbury trucked in 14,000 tons of sand at a cost of $600,000 to protect homes and infrastructure. It was all washed away in the first storm.
Vermont man pleads not guilty to killing couple after his arrest at grisly scene
The couple’s daughter says she has known the suspect her whole life and her parents were wary of the man’s visits because of his mental health issues.
Man arrested in California after Massachusetts shooting deaths of woman and her 11-year-old daughter
The victims were sitting in a parked SUV in Worcester when they were killed last week.
Massachusetts appeals denial of federal disaster aid for flooding
Gov. Maura Healey said the state has done ‘all that we can’ to help communities recover from a September storm.
Backcountry skier dies on Mount Washington in icy conditions; 2 others injured
The three people got into trouble Saturday afternoon at Tuckerman Ravine, an area popular with backcountry skiers, according to officials.
New Hampshire woman whose husband killed his 5-year-old daughter granted parole for perjury
Kayla Montgomery, who lied about where she was when the child was last seen, is expected to be released in May.
Massachusetts man who crashed snowmobile into a helicopter is suing the government for $9.5 million
Jeff Smith was severely injured in the accident, which happened at night after a Black Hawk crew landed the camouflaged aircraft during training.
A whale native to the North Pacific is sighted off New England. Climate change could be why
The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has lacked ice in the summertime in recent years, enabling gray whales to travel through it.
Far-right Catholic news site likely to close in wake of New Hampshire priest’s defamation case
A 2019 Church Militant article cast aspersions on the emotional state of a Manchester church official, said he had ‘botched’ his work and was known as a ‘troublemaker’ in the Vatican – all claims the site now acknowledges were not properly vetted.