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A small plane had to make an emergency landing at a Poland Springs facility in Maine on Wednesday afternoon after running low on fuel. The York County Sheriff’s Office said their deputies were dispatched to Killick Pond Road in Hollis around 2 p.m. for a plane that had made an emergency landing near the Poland Springs building. When they......

A New Hampshire town’s new ordinance that was pitched as “a path forward” for public artwork hasn’t resolved a bakery owner’s First Amendment dispute over a large pastry painting, and his lawyer predicts it will only lead to more litigation as town officials become “speech police.” Conway residents passed the ordinance by a vote o...

Vermont’s Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees announced. The decision to close at the end of the semester was heart-wrenching but unavoidable as the school, created in 1938, faces financial insolvency, the board said ...

The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history accused lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour of the legislative session for a so-called red flag law that could be used to take away guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Others, however, said such a law could have saved lives. Testi...

A Vermont man accused of killing a 19-year-old police officer in a head-on crash during a pursuit in Rutland last summer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a new elevated charge of aggravated murder. Tate Rheaume, who was ordered held without bail pending an evidence hearing, was “engaged in extraordinarily dangerous driving” at more than 80 mph while a...

Two people were rescued after a helicopter crashed into a pond in Rhode Island Tuesday morning, according to police. The crash happened just after 8 a.m. in Worden Pond in South Kingstown. Two people were inside the helicopter at the time of the crash and were rescued by civilians who responded by boat, WJAR reported. The pilot, Jeff Codman, 54,&#8...

The man charged with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had been staying at an area hotel for nearly two months and was spotted outside Sanders’ office the day before and the day of the fire, according to court paperwork filed by a federal agent. Shant Michael Soghomonian, 35, who was previously from Northridge,&#...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will open a third eastbound lane this week on the Washington Bridge, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Drivers will have access to the three lanes starting Wednesday morning, WJAR reported, citing the Department of Transportation. The highway will be restriped Tuesday night and overnight and changes will...

A Providence, Rhode Island, man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of another man outside a Pawtucket cigar bar in 2022. Trequan Baker, 31, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Qudus Kafo on Jan. 23, 2022. Baker was also found guilty of discharging a firearm while in the commission of a crime…...

Relatives of a Vermont woman whose obituary drew national attention for its candid and heart-breaking discussion of her opioid addiction have reached a settlement with some of the parties who were sued for allegedly failing to provide adequate medical care. The family of Madelyn Linsenmeir sued the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Hampde...

A family in Riverton, Rhode Island, was surrounded by community support this weekend as dozens gathered to raise money for a 7-year-old boy battling cancer. It was a packed gym on Saturday afternoon at Tiverton’s Pocasset School as people came out to support St. Philomena 2nd grader Liam Chapman, NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR reports. Last Nove...

35-year-old Shant Soghomonian (also known as Michael Soghomonian), was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with using fire to damage the building at One Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont.

Power restoration efforts in Maine and New Hampshire continued on Sunday with over 50,000 homes and businesses still in the dark several days after a storm brought powerful winds and heavy, wet snow. Maine’s largest electric utility warned that some customers might not have service restored until Monday or Tuesday, despite the efforts of 1,12...

Brennan died with his wife at his side a few blocks from the third-floor tenement housing on Munjoy Hill where his Irish immigrant parents raised a family of eight children, Frank O’Hara, a longtime friend, said Saturday.

Six months after retired college dean and professor Honoree Fleming was shot and killed in Castleton, Vermont, state police say her case remains a top priority. Fleming, 77, of Castleton, died from a gunshot wound to the head on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. She was found on the Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail about a mile south of the Castleton…...

An 18-year-old from Massachusetts is wanted in connection to a fatal stabbing that occurred in Pownal, Vermont, in early February. State police say Elizah Coppedge, of Chicopee, Mass., is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 6 killing of Casey Gras, 36, of Bennington, Vt. According to police, a Vermont Superior Court judge in Benning...