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Business, Local & State, New England

Fishing group seeks halt to New England offshore wind development

by Carol Semple April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

The group requested a 6-month halt on the federal planning process for putting wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, Nation & World, New England, News

Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98

by WILLIAM J. KOLE March 18, 2020March 19, 2020

Dwyer was the second woman ever to win a principal chair in a major U.S. orchestra.

New England Patriots, Sports

On Football: Life will never be the same in Foxborough

by Mike Lowe March 17, 2020March 18, 2020

For 20 years, Tom Brady raised the level of excellence for the New England Patriots.

Nation & World, New England

New Hampshire man attends party after being told to self-quarantine

by HOLLY RAMER March 4, 2020March 12, 2020

The state epidemiologist says more than 100 people attended the private party, but only a handful had close enough contact with the the man who tested positive to warrant being quarantined.

Business, Nation & World

Gas utility to pay $53 million for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1

by ALANNA DURKIN RICHER February 26, 2020February 26, 2020

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Pipeline Safety Act in connection with the explosions that rocked three communities in the Merrimack Valley, north of Boston, in 2018.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Regional climate collaboration is a critical policy debate – not just political division

by Julie Dumont Rabinowitz February 20, 2020February 19, 2020

The Transportation and Climate Initiative will raise gasoline costs, unfairly burdening rural Mainers and the working poor.

Nation & World, New England, News

Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes in Connecticut

by PAT EATON-ROBB February 12, 2020February 13, 2020

They argue in a federal lawsuit that including transgender athletes in girls’ sports doesn’t create a level playing field.

Nation & World, New England

Tax evader in New Hampshire standoff should not be released, prosecutors argue

by KATHY McCORMACK January 22, 2020January 22, 2020

The U.S. attorney’s office says a woman who took part in a monthslong standoff with her husband U.S. marshals in 2007 should not be released from federal prison yet.