The new system involves superior courts handling more serious cases instead of having cases start in lower courts.
New England
N.H. Salvation Army thrift store gets urn filled with ashes
The store is holding the urn in an effort to return it to the deceased’s relatives.
Massachusetts store robbers get away with single dollar
The two young men held up the Brockton Market and Deli.
UNH to host Black New England Conference
Participants share academic work about black experiences in the region.
Popular species of New England flounder is overfished, regulators say
Witch flounder is mostly brought to shore by fishermen in Maine and Massachusetts.
Fowl encounters: Resurgent turkeys spar with Boston’s humans
Complaints about the troublesome turkeys have surged in Boston and its suburbs in recent years.
Brown University says Kennedy application now for sale was stolen
The son of John F. Kennedy graduated from the university in Providence in 1983.
Financing delays redevelopment of Balsams resort
The historic hotel in New Hampshire was purchased by Maine ski developer Les Otten after it closed in 2010.
New Hampshire doctor, 85, may lose practice because she doesn’t use computer
Anna Konopka of New London doesn’t participate in a state-regulated prescription drug monitoring program.
Massachusetts lawmakers move to ban bump stocks
A day after the House voted 151-3 in favor of a ban on the trigger device, the Senate votes 33-0.