SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — A 52-year-old New Hampshire man has been arrested in the beating death of a 79-year-old man in the parking lot of a Walmart in southeastern New Hampshire, authorities said Saturday. Somersworth police said they arrested a local man, Brian Roberge, after responding to a call about the late Friday killing. At the […]
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Vermont starts long road to recovery from historic floods, helped by army of volunteers
Vermonters are working to dry out homes and businesses damaged by this week’s historic flooding and keeping a wary eye on the horizon with another round of storms on the horizon.
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Vermonters rush to dry out flooded homes and businesses with more storms on the horizon
More rain is expected on Sunday and Tuesday.
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Much debated hydropower transmission corridor to be renegotiated because of cost increases
Maine lifted its stop-work order nearly 2 months ago but construction has not yet resumed on the project.
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Prosecutors won’t seek death penalty against men charged in Whitey Bulger’s prison killing
Notorious Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was killed just hours after he was transferred to a prison in West Virginia from another lockup in Florida and placed in the general population.
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Snow shovels in hand, Vermonters volunteer to clean up after epic floods
President Biden has declared an emergency in Vermont and authorized federal disaster relief assistance.
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James Lewis, suspect in Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 people in the Chicago area in 1982, dead at 76
No one was ever charged in the deaths of seven people who took painkillers laced with cyanide, but Lewis served more than 12 years in prison for sending an extortion note to manufacturer Johnson & Johnson.
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Relentless rain floods roads in Northeast, leads to evacuations, rescues
Crews from North Carolina, Michigan and Connecticut are among those helping to get to Vermont towns that have been unreachable since torrents of rain belted the state overnight.
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Burglary suspect accused in crash that killed 19-year-old officer in Vermont
Police say Tate Rheaume, 20, crashed into two cruisers last week during a high-speed chase, killing one officer and injuring two others.
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Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years later
The New Bedford Free Public Library is celebrating the return of a book more than a century after it was last checked out.