Public transit systems typically marked by jammed buses and subway trains are now grappling with the exact opposite: disappearing riders
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Outrage builds over 70 virus deaths at Massachusetts veterans home
Family members of the dead at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans say leadership allowed the virus to spread unchecked.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, New England, News
Sewage may tell us when the coronavirus lockdown will end
Americans might find the idea gross, but wastewater early-warning systems have helped catch norovirus, Hepatitis A and other diseases around the world for decades.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Nearly 70 dead in ‘horrific’ outbreak at Massachusetts veterans home
Federal officials are investigating whether residents were denied proper care as the number of fatalities at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers’ Home continues to climb.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England
New Hampshire police are chasing surfers off the beaches
The police chief of Rye says that surfers in the water give the erroneous impression that the beaches are open.
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Maine high court upholds sex crime convictions of defrocked priest
The justices affirm 10 of the 11 convictions against Ronald Paquin, 77, a former Catholic priest from Massachusetts, leaving his 16-year prison sentence unchanged.
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‘North Woods Law’ returns to Animal Planet on Sunday
This season again focuses on New Hampshire’s Fish and Game conservation officers.
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Virus targets immigrant enclave in Massachusetts’ hardest-hit community
The pandemic has devastated the Boston suburb of Chelsea, which has the highest infection rate in the state.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Vermont man charged in human smuggling case on Canada border
Six passengers being driven by a Vermont taxi driver admitted they had crossed illegally into the United States from Canada, a court document says.
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Fishing group seeks halt to New England offshore wind development
The group requested a 6-month halt on the federal planning process for putting wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine.