The state will award licenses via a lottery system – six to applicants in areas affected by the war on drugs and six to general applicants. There was no limit set on how many applications one entity could submit.
Nate Thompson
Posted inNew England
Nantucket votes to allow anyone to go topless on beaches
The decision by the Massachusetts resort island still requires approval from the attorney general’s office.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Reward of up to $5,000 offered in killings of New Hampshire couple
Stephen and Djeswende Reid were found dead of multiple gunshot wounds last month after going for a walk near their apartment in Concord.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Former Boston mobster sues attorney general to get his money back
Vincent ‘The Animal’ Ferrara, 73, says the $268,000 seized from him by the state was legally earned.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Sports
Ex-Patriot loses bid for school committee seat in Massachusetts
Former offensive lineman Matt Light had been critical of school mask mandates over concerns about his son, who has a heart condition.
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire hotel damaged by fire had smoke alarms, heat detectors
The wing where the fire broke out did not have an automatic sprinkler system, but current law doesn’t require it.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Fault in door safety system cited in Boston subway death
Investigators say a train should not have been able to move when a passenger’s arm became stuck in the door.
Posted inNation & World
Norman Mineta, transportation secretary during 9/11 who helped create TSA, dies
He also helped break racial barriers for Asian Americans, rising to hold several high-profile government jobs.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
Connecticut looks to bar out-of-state marijuana advertising
Residents living close to the Massachusetts border are complaining to lawmakers about cannabis billboards.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine seeks to preserve downtowns with tax credit program
Lawmakers have extended a program to help rehab and reuse historic buildings that produce income.