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Mainer charged with setting fires at predominantly Black Massachusetts church

by Associated Press January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Dushko Vanelinov Vulchev of Houlton pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 6 criminal charges and is being held on $25,000 bail.

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Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston

by WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press December 29, 2020December 29, 2020

The optics of the statue that showed Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice.

Nation & World, New England, News

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

by Targeted News Service December 20, 2020December 19, 2020

Among other legislation, the Senate passed the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act, to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally.

New England

Record number of stranded sea turtles rescued on Cape Cod

by Associated Press December 17, 2020December 18, 2020

The New England Aquarium says it has aided over 700 turtles stunned by cold water this fall.

New England, Uncategorized

Massachusetts vaccine signup site crashes amid demand from health workers

by Associated Press December 17, 2020December 18, 2020

Health care workers for the state’s largest hospital system were temporarily blocked from using the system to schedule their vaccinations.

Local & State, New England

Man sentenced in Maine for scheme to defraud New England banks

by Associated Press December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

The Boston man was part of a conspiracy to obtain the personal information of people with good credit scores so he and others could apply for unsecured loans in the names of their victims, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Nation & World, New England, Uncategorized

N.H. House members consider meeting in cars in January

by MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press December 15, 2020December 16, 2020

Following the death of its speaker from COVID-19, the 400-member House of Representatives may convene drive-in style.

Local & State, Maine Crime, New England, News

Man who fled to Maine sentenced for 1996 Massachusetts rape

by Associated Press December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

Ivan Keith fled Massachusetts in 2003 and was arrested in Seal Cove, Maine, in August 2019, in a house that belonged to his ex-wife, authorities said.