HARTFORD, Vt. — A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a highway median in Vermont after becoming stalled in flight. Five people were aboard for a sunset ride Wednesday night when the pilot landed the craft safely on the Interstate 91 median in Hartford, the Valley News reported. Drivers reported seeing the balloon […]
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Boston announces new plan to rid city of encampment, get residents help
The plan includes giving police the power to remove tents and other makeshift shelters at an intersection where a sprawling encampment for unhoused people has sprung up.
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Former residents of New Hampshire’s youth center demand federal investigation into abuse claims
Close to 1,000 men and women have sued the state alleging physical, sexual or emotional abuse.
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New gas pipeline rules floated following 2018 blasts in Massachusetts
Regulators want tougher safety requirements after a string of gas explosions killed one and injured about two dozen.
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New Hampshire plant blamed for PFAS water contamination to close
French company Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics will shut down its plant in Merrimack and work with the state in its ongoing environmental investigation.
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Cape Cod strands more dolphins than anywhere else. Now they’re getting their own hospital
A new hospital for stranded dolphins is opening on Cape Cod this month and is expected to improve survival rates and enhance research.
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Man dies trying to rescue mother and child from New Hampshire river
The mother and child reached shore safely, but bystanders had to bring the father to the riverbank.
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Block Island, Rhode Island, reopens to vacationers after hotel fire
Firefighters from around the state were flown and shipped in to fight the blaze at a historic hotel Saturday.
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Rare New England tornado lifts car off highway
Tornadoes were reported in several spots in the same general area of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, but officials said it wasn’t yet clear whether it was one or multiple.
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Mother drowns trying to rescue son at popular New Hampshire waterfall
The child slipped and fell into a pool and could not escape the fast, circulating current, police said.