The governor announced in August that executive branch workers will have to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or seek an exemption from the state, otherwise they’d risk being fired.
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Three years after Boston mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s killing: No charges, still questions
The lack of answers has only spurred claims by the crime boss’s family that the frail 89-year-old was ‘deliberately sent to his death’ at the penitentiary nicknamed ‘Misery Mountain.’
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New Hampshire state trooper killed in I-95 crash
An early morning collision between a tractor trailer and a police cruiser in Portsmouth has left a New Hampshire State Police trooper dead
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Nor’easter blows into Maine after lashing mid-Atlantic states
The storm was expected to drop as much as 2 inches of rain along the Maine coast, and several thousand power outages were reported by Tuesday night.
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New York’s pounding rain raises flood threat into evening
As much as 4 inches of could fall across New York as twin low pressure systems sweep up the coast, said Bob Oravec, a senior branch forecaster with the U.S. Weather Prediction Center.
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Former security guard from Maine to plead guilty to stabbing Timberland worker
The terms of Robert Pavao’s plea deal call for a prison sentence of 55 years to life, with 5 years of the sentence deferred for 20 years on conditions.
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Maine man fined $45,000 for scuttling boats in Connecticut
The Bristol man was in the process of selling his marina in Bridgeport in 2018 when he made a deal with two men to scuttle several sailboats and motorboats that had been abandoned at the marina, prosecutors said.
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Rare coin made in Colonial New England found in candy tin in Britain
The silver one shilling coin made in Boston in 1652 is considered the finest example of the roughly 40 such coins known to still exist.
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Wildfire smoke harms more people in eastern U.S. than West, study shows
In the East, the percent of annual asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was smaller than in the West, but due to larger population centers, the total number of asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was higher, a study found.
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Boston declares addiction, homelessness emergency
Officials hope to clear a 150-tent homeless camp by getting people into shelters and providing addiction services.