The state says nearly 50 years of contamination polluted over 100 waterways requiring numerous fish advisories.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate passed the Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act to improve health care and services for veterans exposed to toxic substances.
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Parents charged with leaving toddler in cold car while skiing in Vermont
Police said ski resort records show they rode the ski lift 10 times and that it was 28 degrees Fahrenheit and windy outside.
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Massachusetts public health officials ease mask guidance
The state says indoor masking in public settings is no longer recommended for most vaccinated people, but many cities and towns – including Boston – still require it.
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Woman pleads guilty in killing of New Hampshire couple buried on Texas beach
James and Michelle Butler were traveling through Texas on their way to Florida, where they planned to sell Christmas trees, when they were killed.
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Students’ boat launched with help from Maine nonprofit lands in Norway
The boat launched by New Hampshire middle school students had lost its hull and keel on its 8,300-mile journey, but the deck and cargo hold were still intact.
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Massachusetts game show winner’s big prize is a trip to New Hampshire
Catherine Graham confessed she was hoping for somewhere she hadn’t already been to ‘a million times.’
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Maine man accused of burning Massachusetts church in racist attack
A federal grand jury has indicted a Houlton man in a 2020 blaze that damaged the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Church in Springfield.
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3 women sue Harvard, allege school ignored sexual harassment
Plaintiffs say when they reported professor John Comaroff to university administrators, he retaliated by threatening their careers.
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New England fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program
The federal government requires herring fishing boats to participate in, and pay for, at-sea monitoring programs.