The lack of answers has only spurred claims by the crime boss’s family that the frail 89-year-old was ‘deliberately sent to his death’ at the penitentiary nicknamed ‘Misery Mountain.’
New England
New Hampshire state trooper killed in I-95 crash
An early morning collision between a tractor trailer and a police cruiser in Portsmouth has left a New Hampshire State Police trooper dead
Nor’easter blows into Maine after lashing mid-Atlantic states
The storm was expected to drop as much as 2 inches of rain along the Maine coast, and several thousand power outages were reported by Tuesday night.
Former security guard from Maine to plead guilty to stabbing Timberland worker
The terms of Robert Pavao’s plea deal call for a prison sentence of 55 years to life, with 5 years of the sentence deferred for 20 years on conditions.
Maine man fined $45,000 for scuttling boats in Connecticut
The Bristol man was in the process of selling his marina in Bridgeport in 2018 when he made a deal with two men to scuttle several sailboats and motorboats that had been abandoned at the marina, prosecutors said.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House has passed the Free Veterans from Fees Act, to waive special use permit fees for military veterans events at war memorials on federal land in the Washington, D.C., area.
Rare coin made in Colonial New England found in candy tin in Britain
The coin was made in Boston in 1652 and could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000.
Rare coin made in Colonial New England found in candy tin in Britain
The silver one shilling coin made in Boston in 1652 is considered the finest example of the roughly 40 such coins known to still exist.
Boston declares addiction, homelessness emergency
Officials hope to clear a 150-tent homeless camp by getting people into shelters and providing addiction services.
Retired U.S. Rep. Bill Zeliff of New Hampshire, who probed Waco siege, dies at 85
The Republican led hearings into the government’s deadly siege of the Branch Davidian compound in 1993. Cult leader David Koresh and nearly 80 of his followers died.