The breach prompted emergency power shutoffs and evacuation orders in the area, which were lifted hours later after the dam was deemed not in danger of failing.
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Video shows state trooper plunging into icy Vermont pond to save 8-year-old girl
Trooper Michelle Archer pulled a rope and flotation device from her cruiser, ran to the pond and swam to the girl, according to body camera video released by Vermont state police.
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Massachusetts lobstermen drop lawsuit against aquarium that told people not to eat lobster
Four lobstermen had sought $75,000 in damages for disparagement of their aquaculture product and interference with their proprietary rights.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England
Massachusetts natural gas plant guarding Northeast from winter blackouts is at risk
The pending closure of a facility in Everett, Mass., could jeopardize the region’s power system in extreme weather, regulators say.
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Connecticut veteran charged with making threats against member of Congress, VA
Aubrey Wayne Rose Jr., 43, of Hartford, is accused of threatening government officials, including showing up at a Congress member’s office while wearing a tactical vest with knives.
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Massachusetts voters become latest to try and keep Trump off ballot over Jan. 6 attack
The State Ballot Commission must rule on the challenge, which was filed late Thursday, by Jan. 29.
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Four children killed as fire tears through multifamily home in Connecticut
The victims, who were being watched by a teenage sibling, were ages 5, 6, 8 and 12.
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Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the U.S. grid for the first time
One project, co-owned by the parent company of Central Maine Power, will be a 62-turbine wind farm 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts.
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Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former police officer, Connecticut town
Michael Skakel is suing an investigator and the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, after he spent 11 years in prison.
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To help rare whales, Maine and Massachusetts will spend $27 million on data and gear
The population of North Atlantic right whales fell by about 25% from 2010 to 2020, and now numbers less than 360.