TAUNTON, Mass. — Authorities say three speed boats collided during a race on a Massachusetts lake, leaving one driver dead and two others injured. The Bristol County District Attorney’s office says the collision happened Saturday afternoon during the Bill Giles Memorial Regatta on Watson Pond in Taunton. Taunton Fire Chief Timothy Bradshaw said in a […]
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Two men arrested in Auburn face trial on drug, sex trafficking charges
RUTLAND, Vt. — A federal trial has been scheduled for two New York men accused of operating a large-scale drug organization in Vermont and Maine. Gary Delima and Sharif Cargo face charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics, money laundering and trafficking children for sex. The Rutland Herald reports the trial for the men is scheduled […]
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Ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling weighs run against Sen. Elizabeth Warren
BOSTON (AP) — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is considering running against Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2018. Schilling said in an interview Monday on WRKO-AM that he’s been weighing a campaign against the popular Massachusetts Democrat. “One of the things I would like to do is be one of the people responsible for getting […]
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Portland Press Herald owner buys Vermont newspapers
RUTLAND, Vt. — The family that owns the Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus in Vermont says it’s selling the newspapers to a company that owns several publications in Maine, including the Portland Press Herald. In selling to a company run by Maine-based publishing entrepreneur Reade Brower and printing and marketing executive Chip Harris, the […]
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Boston police add $89,000 ice cream truck to patrol fleet
BOSTON — The Boston Police Department has unveiled an $89,000 ice cream truck as the newest addition to its patrol fleet. The truck, adorned with balloons and Boston police decals, was introduced Monday at police headquarters in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. It will be used as part of “Operation Hoodsie Cup,” a community policing initiative […]
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Tom Brady to stop fighting Deflategate suspension
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady will drop his appeal and serve his four-game suspension for the “Deflategate” scandal. The New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post Friday that “I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process.” Brady’s latest appeal was rejected Wednesday by the 2nd U.S. […]
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Boy, 8, trampled by cow in Massachusetts
GEORGETOWN, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old Massachusetts boy helping his father with the family’s cows was trampled to death when one of them got spooked. The Essex District Attorney’s Office says the father and son were exercising some of the family’s 20 cows at their home in Georgetown when one apparently became startled […]
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Court OKs trial for Massachusetts girl who texted boyfriend urging suicide
BOSTON (AP) — A teenager who sent her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to take his own life and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with carbon monoxide fumes must stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state’s highest court ruled Friday. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday that a grand […]
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Former Bruins star Ray Bourque arrested on DWI
ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Former Boston Bruins star Ray Bourque has been arrested on a drunken driving charge. Andover police Lt. Cecilia Blais tells The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/28XpQ4F ) the 55-year-old Bourque was arrested after he was involved in a two-vehicle crash in the city about 11:30 p.m. Friday. No injuries were reported. Bourque was charged […]
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Gov. Paul LePage prescribes ‘tough love’ to treat opioid crisis
BOSTON — All six New England governors say fighting the social stigma associated with addiction is key to battling the opioid crisis raging across the region, claiming thousands of lives. The governors pointed to a series of steps needed to fight the problem, from increasing education in schools about the addictive nature of opioids to […]