The government has appropriated $7 million for fishermen in Maine’s struggling herring fishing business to help cope with a decline in the fish population.
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Longtime Concord Monitor editor, Pulitzer administrator Mike Pride dies at 76
He led the New Hampshire paper to national acclaim and is the only person to serve as a juror, board member, board co-chair and administrator for journalism’s top awards.
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Black bear attacks 74-year-old woman in Connecticut
A wildlife official says the state’s bear population is growing and the animals “are getting a little too comfortable” around populated areas.
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Five adults charged over youth game brawl in Vermont
They face misdemeanor assault charges for the fight during a middle school basketball game.
Posted inNew England
Coast Guard finds 3 unresponsive people in search for missing fishermen off Massachusetts
Four fishermen left Hampton Harbor in New Hampshire on Wednesday.
Posted inNew England
Medical debt of 22,300 Trinity Health of New England patients to be erased
The top five counties affected are in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts guardsman charged with leaking secrets appears briefly in court
The Air Force has also taken away the intelligence mission from the Air National Guard 102nd Intelligence Wing based in Cape Cod, where Jack Teixeira served, pending further review.
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Donut painting sparks free speech debate for New Hampshire bakery, town
At about 90 square feet, an outdoor mural painted by high school art students is 4 times bigger than the town sign code allows.
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Wreckage of submarine found by divers in Long Island Sound
The Defender, a 92-foot-long experimental submarine built in 1907, was found Sunday in Long Island Sound by a group of Connecticut divers.
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Questions remain about train derailment in northern Maine
The rail company, CPKC, has reopened the rail line, saying the derailment was caused by a track washout. But the company and the Federal Railroad Administration declined to say when the tracks near Jackman were last inspected.