Three Massachusetts utilities and a transmission line developer have agreed to pass along $512 million in added costs to Massachusetts ratepayers for an electric transmission project in western Maine.
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Prosecutors seek 17-year prison term for Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira
In a court document, prosecutors say the Massachusetts Air National Guard member ‘perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.’
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Regulators delay increase in minimum lobster size till July
The changes were previously slated to take effect in January but have drawn criticism from lobstermen who say they could give Canadian harvesters an unfair edge.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Should minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Voters in Arizona and Massachusetts will decide whether employers should be able to continue to pay tipped workers such as servers and bartenders a lower minimum wage than non-tipped workers.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England
Boston eyes $8 billion rail plan that would benefit Maine
A new ‘Rail Link’ between North and South stations would ease passenger rail between Maine and the rest of America
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There’s a moose on the loose – in a New Hampshire swimming pool
Bedford Police Chief Daniel Douidi said no people or animals were harmed.
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Massachusetts police recruit dies after a ‘medical crisis’ during training exercise
The recruit’s mother told TV reporters that he was hit and injured.
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Wreck of French steamship that sank in 1856 discovered off New England coast
Disaster struck during the ship’s first return voyage back to France from the U.S. The ship collided with the Maine-built barque Adriatic, which was en route from Belfast to Georgia.
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New Hampshire governor helps save man choking on lobster roll at eating contest
A man says he’s grateful New Hampshire’s governor came to his aid when he started choking during a lobster roll eating contest.
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Cowabunga! Dover celebrates being birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
It wasn’t the New York City sewers, where the Turtles mutated from regular reptiles into a crime-fighting quartet who battled foes with nunchucks, snark and pizza. Rather, it was a small city near the New Hampshire coast.