A man was shot in the chest in what appears to be a hunting accident in Plympton, Massachusetts, officials say. Police were called to 153 Center St. around 4 p.m. Friday for a report of a man shot. Responding officers found a 25-year-old Plympton man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was taken to South Shore…

The Pine Tree State’s fall wild turkey season ends for the year on Thursday

The deer hunting season has arrived in Maine for hunters who pursue their quarry with bows and arrows.

Maine’s bear hunt is entering the final few busy days of the season just as other fall game seasons get going. The busiest part of the bear hunt is the stretch in which it’s legal to use bait to lure bears. That ends on Sept. 21. The rest of the season continues until Nov. 30, but it slows down considerably.

Vermont’s bear hunting season is getting underway and officials are reminding successful hunters to submit a bear tooth so the state can collect information on the bear population.

Rhode Island deer hunting licenses are about to go on sale. The state Department of Environmental Management will begin selling permits for the deer hunting season Thursday.

Maine wildlife regulators will likely make a decision by the end of the month on a proposal to increase the number of moose hunting permits in the state for the second consecutive year.

Citing the abundance of wild turkeys in Massachusetts, state officials are considering changes in hunting rules that would allow hunters to harvest more of the birds.

Officials have determined the cause of a 4-alarm blaze that caused millions of dollars in damage Monday morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wednesday, in a joint statement with Cambridge Fire, Massachusetts Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey said the most probable cause of the fire at 6 Hunting St. and 851-855 Cambridge St. was an electrical issue. He said the building, which was...

Fire officials are working to determine the cause of a 4-alarm blaze that moved through two buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday morning. Fire officials said the fire started at about 5:45 a.m. in the basement of a building on Hunting Street and quickly spread to an apartment building on Cambridge Street, which also has a cafe on the first...

Maine hunters love fall, but one of the state’s most popular game animals must think it’s for the birds.

Maine’s annual deer permit lottery is ready to begin, and there are thousands of more permits available this year than in years previous.

It’s September in Maine, and that means the state’s expanded deer hunt is getting started soon.

New Hampshire is accepting applications for this year’s moose hunt lottery.