A federal lawsuit filed by ACLU affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont challenges the use of checkpoints by the U.S. Border Patrol nearly 100 miles from the Canadian border, saying they are beyond the patrol’s authority
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Summer vacationers weigh testing, quarantine or staying home
States from Maine to Hawaii try to strike a balance between containing the new coronavirus and encouraging out-of-state visitors to spend their cash on hotels, restaurants and other businesses.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire beaches to open June 1, but no sunbathing
Massachusetts beaches will reopen Monday with restrictions, including group sizes of no more than 10 people and blankets spaced at least 12 feet apart.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Outdoors
‘North Woods Law’ returns to Animal Planet on Sunday
This season again focuses on New Hampshire’s Fish and Game conservation officers.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Vermont man charged in human smuggling case on Canada border
Six passengers being driven by a Vermont taxi driver admitted they had crossed illegally into the United States from Canada, a court document says.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Fishing group seeks halt to New England offshore wind development
The group requested a 6-month halt on the federal planning process for putting wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Nation & World, New England, News
Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98
Dwyer was the second woman ever to win a principal chair in a major U.S. orchestra.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
On Football: Life will never be the same in Foxborough
For 20 years, Tom Brady raised the level of excellence for the New England Patriots.
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire man attends party after being told to self-quarantine
The state epidemiologist says more than 100 people attended the private party, but only a handful had close enough contact with the the man who tested positive to warrant being quarantined.
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Gas utility to pay $53 million for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Pipeline Safety Act in connection with the explosions that rocked three communities in the Merrimack Valley, north of Boston, in 2018.