Massachusetts is expected to decide this month among the dozens of proposals it has received.
New England
Boston Mayor Walsh sworn in for 2nd term
Former Vice President Joe Biden praises his efforts to create a thriving middle class.
Opioid-related overdoses surge in Vermont
Deaths jumped nearly 160 percent between 2010 and 2016, a new report shows.
Bitter cold blamed for shark deaths along Cape Cod shore
A conservancy group says the sharks were discovered Wednesday in Orleans and Wellfleet.
Mount Washington summit temperature breaks record set in 1933
Weather observers atop the Northeast’s highest peak said the temperature hit minus 34 degrees, a record for Dec. 28. Adam Gill of the Mount Washington Observatory said the previous record of minus 31 degrees was set in 1933. The observatory posted a video on Facebook showing him emptying a pitcher of boiling water into the air, where […]
Double reward in Gardner Museum art heist ends Dec. 31
It’s been 27 years since 13 masterpieces worth $500 million were stolen from the Boston museum.
N.H. town hosts Eastern Snowmobile Racing Hall of Fame
The effort aims to keep alive Lancaster’s heritage as the birthplace of snowmobile racing.
Son pushes search for B-17 missing since World War II attack
The plane was on a mission over New Britain in the Pacific in 1943 when it was attacked by enemy fighters.
New Hampshire woman fined $800,000 in dog cruelty case
Christina Fay avoids jail time, but is allowed to get back only one of the 84 dogs taken from her home.
Dartmouth says nearly half of incoming class will be early enrollees
The college says 13 percent of the group are the first in their family to attend college and 33 percent are Americans of color.