AUGUSTA ( AP) — Maine’s state government has likely lost the support of the deer lobby. The state Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife has decided to approve an increase in “ any deer” hunting permits. There will be more than 45,000 of the permits issued this year. “Any deer” permits allow hunters to harvest […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As the summer driving season comes to an end, gas prices have been on the rise, including in northern New England. GasBuddy shows the biggest rise is in Maine, where the average retail price is $2.22 a gallon, up 3.7 cents from last week. The average price per gallon in New […]

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan are going to be highlighting a 24-hour addiction crisis hotline in New Hampshire. The event today will be held at 1 p.m. in Nashua. The 24-hour service is a statewide crisis hotline that connects people affected by substance abuse with recovery assistance. Shaheen […]

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The largest energy provider in the New England region will spend $30 million this year to trim trees along 2,800 miles of power lines in New Hampshire. WMUR-TV reports Eversource is trimming the trees to prevent power outages caused by limbs that have been weakened by ongoing drought conditions in the […]

BOSTON (AP) — A veteran Massachusetts police officer is facing federal charges for what authorities are calling a double-dipping scheme that defrauded the city of Quincy out of more than $10,000. Lt. Thomas Corliss on Monday pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston to 12 counts of mail fraud and one count of […]

BOSTON (AP) — The top district court judge in Massachusetts has denied a request to review a sexual assault case in which a former high school sports star received a sentence that some think is too lenient. David Becker, 18, was sentenced to two years’ probation earlier this month after pleading guilty to indecent assault […]