The federal-level fight represents yet another obstacle for the western Maine transmission line roughly a week before Maine voters will weigh in on a ballot question aimed at killing the project.
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U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Massachusetts governor’s pandemic authority
The lawsuit argued thatGov. Charlie Baker had no authority to issue public health-related orders under the state’s Civil Defense Act.
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Posted inNation / World, New England
Boston train that rear-ended another was on ‘full power,’ investigators find
The report did not say if the controller had been turned to full power on purpose or accidentally.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Boston’s storied Skinny House sells for a nice fat price
The house, built in 1862, also is known as the Spite House because of the story behind its construction.
Posted inNation / World, New England, Religion & Values
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 91, pleads not guilty in Massachusetts sex assault
An activist says former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s court appearance in a sex abuse case marks a new phase in the global struggle to hold clerics accountable.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Judge dismisses lawsuit brought by armed group stopped on their way to Maine
The self-described leader of the group said they were a militia traveling from Rhode Island to Maine for training.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
Three-quarters of people infected in Provincetown outbreak were vaccinated, CDC finds
The data prompted this week’s recommendation that even vaccinated people wear masks in some indoor settings.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Family, friends mourn 2 victims of potential hate crime outside Boston
Prosecutors say Nathan Allen drew swastikas and wrote messages about whites being superior in the weeks leading up to the shootings, which took the lives of a retired state trooper and an Air Force veteran, both Black.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Harvard Pilgrim parent group renamed Point32Health
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, which announced plans to merge with Tufts Health Plan in 2019, will retain its existing brand.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Archaeologists dig hilltop over Plymouth Rock one last time
A park will be built on the site to highlight the history of the Wampanoag people who occupied it for thousands of years, and the European settlers who followed.