Maine’s second-largest electric utility is replacing and upgrading meters at many homes and small- to medium-sized businesses.
Nate Thompson
Posted inNation & World, New England
Harvard report brings joy, grief for descendants of enslaved
In its pledge to atone for ties to slavery, the Massachusetts university identified dozens of people who were enslaved by the school’s first leaders and faculty members.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
New Hampshire Senate rejects 2 marijuana legalization bills
A majority of senators maintain their opposition to recreational cannabis use, unswayed by the legal markets in neighboring states.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, Nation & World
High on the job? One-third of corporate workers surveyed admit using weed on the clock
Over 2,500 employees at 35 companies in the corporate, tech and financial service industries were polled.
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire woman to be released on parole in decapitation case
The woman contends she was forced to behead a coworker’s corpse after her husband killed him.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Allegations of illegal dog-leasing settled in Massachusetts
A California-based finance company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 and cancel outstanding debt on hundreds of dog leases in Massachusetts.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Massachusetts lawmakers advance bill to help cash-strapped cannabis entrepreneurs
It would create a social equity fund for people who want to get into the industry, but lack the capital access to do so.
Posted inNew England
Massachusetts police department says it lost 2 years of drug case evidence
Records of drug purchases by undercover detectives and informants are missing in Fall River. The police chief says it’s “inexcusable and an embarrassment.”
Posted inNation & World, New England
11 charged with arranging sham marriages to get green cards
The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts says hundreds of marriages were arranged via a large-scale “agency” in Los Angeles at a cost of $20,000 to $30,000 each.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Boston couple plans to build city’s first Holocaust museum
Plans call for “an interactive, cautionary experience” at time of increased antisemitism and xenophobia around the world.