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Gregory Bodenair, 39, of Dedham, Massachusetts, lost control of an ATV on John Hill Road and went over an embankment, New Hampshire Fish and Game said. Neither he nor his 59-year-old passenger was wearing a helmet.
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The Maine Department of Labor said the average unemployment tax per qualifying employee will rise by $9.60 in 2027, even as the state keeps its lowest rate schedule.
Vermont State Police said troopers who pulled over Christopher G. Bostick, 41, on Lower Notch Road in Bristol saw signs he was impaired. He is due in Addison County court Nov. 16.
The group got down most of the steep terrain on its own before meeting a hut caretaker who guided them the rest of the way, New Hampshire Fish and Game said.
A preliminary federal review points to far lower right whale deaths and serious injuries from U.S. fixed-gear fisheries than estimated in 2022, Maine's marine resources commissioner said. A December meeting on new whale rules has been postponed so the data can be peer-reviewed.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said the federal earmark will let the nonprofit expand mental health care for more than 800 young children in its early childhood centers and nearly double its behavioral health staff.
The nonprofit lender honored the retiring Democratic senator for her work on resident-owned manufactured housing communities and affordable housing, her office said.
Federal prosecutors say Lamar Cook understated his income and household to collect food aid while awaiting trial in a Hampden County cocaine and gun case. A new indictment adds a second wire fraud charge.
Police say an argument at River Green Park ended with a man getting a semiautomatic rifle from his car and firing once. No one was injured.
George Gordon's "We Who Would Bear Our Own Witness" took best in show among adults in the seventh Boston edition of the National Arts Program exhibit, which is free to visit through Nov. 20.
Gov. Dan McKee picked Associate Judge Debra Saunders to lead the District Court and named Family Court Magistrate Denise Cassisi Finkelman and labor lawyer Carly B. Iafrate to the Superior Court. The nominations go to the state Senate.
Vermont State Police said Lucien L. Laurent Jr., 59, showed signs of impairment after troopers tracked down a vehicle reported to have gone into a ditch in Pownal.