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Federal government approves huge wind project off Massachusetts coast

by PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press May 11, 2021May 11, 2021

This project and Ocean Wind, a proposed 1,100-megawatt offshore wind project off New Jersey, are keystones in the Biden administration’s push to grow offshore wind as a way to fight climate change and create jobs.

Business, Nation / World, New England

Massachusetts shoe company executive pleads guilty to embezzling $30 million

by Associated Press May 5, 2021May 5, 2021

He embezzled the money from a nearly 140-year-old company by writing checks to himself from company bank accounts and transferring funds from company accounts to his personal accounts and to another person.

Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News

Massachusetts man indicted in Franklin County shooting

by Donna M. Perry April 29, 2021April 30, 2021

Jesse W. Duval of Westminster, Massachusetts, is charged with elevated aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a firearm.

Nation / World, New England

Massachusetts man charged with having garbage bags full of pot

by Associated Press April 23, 2021April 23, 2021

The Fall River man allegedly assaulted staff at a Boston restaurant and crashed his car into another vehicle as he drove away.

Nation / World, New England

Former Massachusetts officer to face charge in alleged beating of Black man

by Associated Press March 1, 2021March 1, 2021

A court official rules there was probable cause for the case to move forward.

Nation / World, New England

Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden’s parents were slain is listed for sale

by Associated Press January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

The gruesome killings were never officially solved after Borden was tried and acquitted.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News

Massachusetts man denies Lewiston shooting-related charges

by Christopher Williams October 7, 2020October 8, 2020

LEWISTON — A Massachusetts man denied Wednesday that he attempted to kill a woman on a crowded city sidewalk in June because he thought she was laughing at him. Nathaniel D. Ashwood, 32, of Springfield, pleaded not guilty by videoconference in 8th District Court in Lewiston to charges of attempted murder, robbery, reckless conduct with […]