A forthcoming report to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will detail shortcomings of legal services for the state’s poor.
Nate Thompson
Posted inNew England, Sports
New Hampshire city recognized for unheralded role in racial integration of baseball
Nashua’s Holman Stadium is added to the state’s Black Heritage Trail for welcoming 2 Black players a year before Jackie Robinson reached the big leagues.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Vermont troopers plead not guilty in bean bag shooting case
Vermont’s attorney general says the officers’ use of force against an agitated man carrying a saw was unwarranted.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Teens hospitalized after roof collapses on grounds of abandoned Rhode Island mansion
The structure at Brenton Point State Park in Newport has been fenced off for years because of safety concerns.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Man dies while trying to board subway train in Boston
Police say the man kicked a moving Green Line trolley after apparently being unable to board it, then lost his balance and fell under the train.
Posted inNew England
Massachusetts beach reopens on Memorial Day after pair of shootings
Revere Beach was closed early Monday after two apparently unrelated shootings Sunday night.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
New wood heat options come with climate trade-offs
Maine’s forests are crucial to both absorbing carbon emissions and providing alternatives to high oil costs.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Local & State, Outdoors
Mainers divided over rise of glamping
Some communities are pushing back on plans to develop ‘glampgrounds’ that seek to offer an outdoor hotel-like experience.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Connecticut lawmakers absolve accused colonial-era witches, apologize for ‘miscarriage of justice’
Senators proclaim the innocence of 12 men and women convicted hundreds of years ago, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
Posted inBusiness, New England
Rhode Island attorney general sues manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’
Rhode Island joins other states, including Maine, that say companies sold hazardous chemicals for decades despite knowing the risks.