FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — A rising U.S. Ski Team prospect who grew up in Franconia, New Hampshire, and trained in Vermont was among two skiers killed Monday in an avalanche in Austria, the team said. Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, of Utah, were killed as they trained near Soelden for the opening of the […]

BIDDEFORD — Last Wednesday, the city purchased land that will be turned into business parks and generate a great deal of money for the city, according to officials. The land’s former owner, Richard Pate, sold the properties, at 511-515 Elm St. and 516 Elm St., to the city for $700,000; $100,000 was paid at closing, […]

BOSTON — The city filed a lawsuit on Monday against state gambling regulators, arguing that residents of its Charlestown neighborhood should be allowed a vote on a $1.6 billion resort casino that Wynn Resorts plans to build in suburban Everett. The lawsuit, filed against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in Suffolk Superior Court, argues that Boston […]

BOSTON — As some prospective jurors got their first look at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the young man accused of bombing the renowned Boston Marathon, it became clear that choosing a jury in the closely watched terror case would not be a quick or simple process. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. told the first 400 people called […]

SANFORD —Firefighters coped with high winds and frigid temperatures Monday night as they battled a fire in a building at the transfer station at 81 Rushton St. No one was injured, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. The transfer station’s “swap shop” ”“ a 10-by-16-foot, metal-sided structure where residents place unwanted items […]