Nearly 450 former residents have sued the state based on allegations involving more than 150 staffers from 1963 to 2018.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Resolution apologizing for Boston’s role in slavery approved
Boston’s city council pledges education and removal of ‘prominent anti-Black symbols’ but doesn’t commit funding for any programs or policies.
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Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Massachusetts bishop punishes school over Black Lives Matter, Pride flags
The Diocese of Worcester has told a local middle school that it can no longer identify itself as a Catholic school.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Pair arrested in New Hampshire break-in are persons of interest in homicide
Two Vermont residents found in a closed post office are persons of interest in a killing in that state.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, New England, News
A baby died outside in the cold in 1985. Now police say her mother’s to blame
Maine State Police have charged Lee Ann Daigle with murder in the death of Baby Jane Doe. They say genealogical DNA identified her as the newborn’s mother. But her daughter says that she blocked out memory of the traumatic event and didn’t know she was pregnant until she gave birth.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts fishing trip ends with mother dead, 6-year-old boy missing
The family of 6 were fishing from Deer Island in the Merrimack River when 2 of the children entered the water and their mother went in to get them.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Schools and Education
Forty-six frat members at UNH accused of student hazing
The allegations are directed at members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity’s New Hampshire Beta Chapter.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Threatened orchid not seen in Vermont since 1902 has been found
Populations of the small whorled pogonia in Maine and New Hampshire are found in areas of partial sun, including forest edges and openings.
Posted inNation & World, New England
More than 7 gallons of fentanyl are missing from a New Hampshire hospital
The state has suspended the licenses of several staffers at the Keene hospital, including the chief nursing officer.
Posted inMaine, New England
Conference about Maine, New Hampshire beaches back after 3-year hiatus
The conference is intended to bring together scientists, students, regulators and many others to brainstorm about the future of the region’s beaches.