Marketplace shifts – plummeting demand, growing consolidation – add uncertainty to a state already facing burdensome energy costs.
October 2014
Massachusetts school’s vintage telescope returns to higher purpose
Members of the Fall River community and students join forces to put the rare instrument back to work.
Benedict Arnold trail opening
The public is invited to hike 13 miles of the route he took through Maine to Quebec City in 1775.
A new twist for Connecticut high schoolers: Yoga
Students in the Bethel course say it relieves teenage stress and helps them focus in class.
Missing Virginia student’s parents issue public appeal
Meanwhile, a search team of about 110 people is combing the countryside around Charlottesville.
Maine women welcome a sea of opportunities
As hurdles fall and role models flourish, a wave of women is entering the once-male-dominated realm of commercial fishing.
Pope asks bishops for honest debate
The synod is the first time the Vatican is addressing homosexuality on a pastoral level.
High-level officials from Koreas have rare meeting
Just the fact that top North Koreans visited the South is significant
On Baseball: It takes more than talent to stick in the major leagues
Young Sox players must prove they have the abilit to adjust in the big leagues.
Bill Nemitz: Mill closing turns debates into tests of crisis reaction
The bad news in Bucksport forces the three candidates for governor to get specific this week about dealing with an economic shock wave.