The steamship that ran between Boston and Portland sank in 1898, killing 190 people.
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Posted inNew England
Canadian man pleads guilty in human smuggling case on border
The indictment says that members of his organization would drive people seeking to enter the U.S. illegally to locations along the border, mostly in Vermont but sometimes New York.
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Posted inMaine, New England, Sports
Regulators will expand recreational cod fishing off New England
NOAA is also expanding the open season for haddock, another sport fish found off New England.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England
Records reveal Kennedy cousin and one-time accused killer’s quiet life in legal limbo
Michael Skakel, who as a teen attended The Elan School in Maine, had his murder conviction reversed in 2013.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
In moving speech, N.H. boy says Biden helped him overcome stutter
In a moving speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, a 13-year-old boy told the nation how Joe Biden helped him overcome his stutter
Posted inNew England
Bear family enters occupied Airbnb in Vermont
Wildlife officials are asking homeowners who rent their properties to warn their customers.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Feds seek to reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber
Attorney General William Barr says the Justice Department will appeal a court ruling last month that tossed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the fatal 2013 attack.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England
Drought areas expand in northern New England states
Most of northern New England is in the midst of a drought after three months of low rainfall
Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World, New England
‘Calamari comeback’: Rhode Island’s DNC video gets big buzz
Rhode Island was a big sensation at the virtual Democratic National Convention for its unconventional video plugging calamari — the state’s official appetizer.
Posted inHealth, Maine, New England, News
Maine CDC reports 29 new cases of coronavirus, one death
Critical virus statistics have remained low for the state, which has among the lowest infection rates per capita in the U.S.