The pending closure of a facility in Everett, Mass., could jeopardize the region’s power system in extreme weather, regulators say.
Nate Thompson
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine’s first giant battery project set for construction in Gorham
Goals to reduce the use of fossil fuels won’t be able to get far without help from energy storage.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Four children killed as fire tears through multifamily home in Connecticut
The victims, who were being watched by a teenage sibling, were ages 5, 6, 8 and 12.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former police officer, Connecticut town
Michael Skakel is suing an investigator and the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, after he spent 11 years in prison.
Posted inNation & World
Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94
The Glock handgun, designed in the early 1980s, has been embraced by police and military but decried by gun-control advocates.
Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Students at now-closed Connecticut nursing school sue state officials, say they’ve made things worse
Stone Academy’s 3 campuses were shuttered in February.
Posted inNew England
Massachusetts police officer and utility worker killed in hit-and-run crash
Police say a New Hampshire man struck the two men with his pickup truck Wednesday in Waltham and attempted to escape in a stolen cruiser.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Judge again orders arrest of owner of former firearms training center in Vermont
A warrant for the arrest of Daniel Banyai, who built a large firing range without permits, was first issued in July, but it expired with no action taken.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Pollute less, profit more: How Maine industry is rewarded for cutting down emissions and wastewater
A state tax exemption benefits industrial companies for cutting down on pollution but also draws millions of dollars away from small-town tax revenue, and never expires.
Posted inNew England
Massachusetts lawmakers consider funding temporary shelter for migrant families
The state recently hit its self-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its homeless shelter system.