BOSTON (AP) — The 4 percent discount that Market Basket shoppers enjoyed on most purchases for the past year is coming to an end. The New England supermarket chain introduced the discount in January in response to high energy costs and cutbacks in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Company officials tell The Boston Globe […]

VERNON, Vt. — Ellen Merkel says she gets “a little teary-eyed” when she thinks about the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant sending its last electrons to the regional power grid. She knows it will likely mean moving from her nice neighborhood in Vernon, where her husband works at the plant, to the South for a new […]

LEBANON — Selectmen will begin reviewing resumes again after the individual selected as the new fire chief tendered his resignation shortly after accepting the job. In an email to the Journal Tribune, Selectmen Chairman Ben Thompson said Mark Monroe, who has worked at Massport and the South Hampton, New Hampshire fire department, resigned after touring […]

BARI, Italy — Helicopters defied high winds, stormy seas and darkness Monday to pluck hundreds of passengers from a Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania, as survivors told of a frantic rush to escape the flames and pelting rain. Five people died and dozens remained trapped on board a day after the fire broke […]