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Everett Teen Released From Spaulding Months After Being Shot in Canada
A Massachusetts teenager who was injured in a drive-by shooting while vacationing with his family in Canada is out of the hospital. Sandrick Jorcelin and his Everett family went to Montreal to visit relatives in May when the car some of them were riding in was hit by a spray of bullets. His mom was grazed by a bullet during…
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Maine Environmental Board Upholds Permit for Hydropower Corridor
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s citizen board on Thursday rejected the latest effort to stop a $1 billion power line, and the next hurdle for the project lies with the state Supreme Court. The Board of Environmental Protection unanimously upheld the permit for the project, which would supply up to 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydropower to the regional power…
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Everett Teen Recovering After Being Shot on Vacation With Family in Canada
A Massachusetts teenager is recovering after he injured in a drive-by shooting while on vacation with his family in Canada. Sandrick Jorcelin of Everett is in the 8th grade at Pioneer Charter School. His family says they went to Montreal to visit relatives over the weekend when the car some of them were riding in was hit by a spray…
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Foes of $1B Maine Power Line Petition to Revoke Permit, Stop Construction
The leading environmental opponent of a $1 billion electric transmission line in western Maine asked state regulators to revoke a permit for the project following a referendum vote this week. Maine residents voted Tuesday to halt the New England Clean Energy Connect. But the outcome doesn’t go into effect for about two months — 30 days after the election is…
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After Voters Say No to $1B Maine Power Project, Work Continues
Voters in Maine delivered a firm rejection to an international and interstate hydropower transmission project, though construction continues.
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Mainers Vote to Halt $1B Electric Power Transmission Line
Mainers voiced their disapproval Tuesday for a 145-mile conduit for Canadian hydropower that was billed as either a bold step in battling climate change or unnecessary destruction of woodlands. Utilities have poured more than $90 million into the battle over the $1 billion project ahead of the referendum on Tuesday, making it the most expensive referendum in Maine history. However,…
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Maine's Major 2021 Election Battle Is Over Power Lines
If you live in Massachusetts, voters in Maine may influence where your electric power comes from through a ballot question on a major transmission line project.
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Maine Voters Have Their Say on $1B Electric Transmission Line
Maine voters are weighing in Tuesday on a 145-mile conduit for Canadian hydropower that’s billed as either a bold step in battling climate change or an unnecessary destruction of woodlands. More than $66 million was spent on the battle over the $1 billion project ahead of the referendum on Tuesday. But the statewide vote won’t be the final word. Litigation…
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Political Campaign Over $1B Power Line Project Is Most Expensive in Maine History
Mainers have weighed in on a number of high-profile ballot questions — casinos, universal health care, marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, abortion and same-sex marriage, to name a few. None of them come close to the level of spending as the battle over a 145-mile electricity transmission line.
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In Tourism-Dependent Vermont, Leaf-Peeping Season is Underway
As leaf-peepers descend on Vermont, the state’s largest city said it hopes increased traveler numbers will be one component in its long-term economic recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vermont’s commerce secretary, Lindsay Kurrle, noted the state has seen strong visitation this summer and fall from domestic travelers, who likely heard Vermont has done a lot better...
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Fall Foliage Season Under in Vermont
Leaf peepers are descending on New England, and Vermont’s tourism business is looking to cash in after the pandemic.
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7 Sent Back to Canada After Using Vermont Library Lawn to Enter US
Seven people apprehended after entering Vermont illegally from Quebec by driving across the lawn of a library built in both the United States and Canada were immediately returned to Canada, the U.S. Border Patrol said Thursday. Surveillance videos released by the Border Patrol shows the car drive by the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line on...
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Canadian Town Called ‘Asbestos' Changes Name
Residents of a town in Quebec, Canada, voted to change the name of the town to something not associated with the hazardous mineral.
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Vermont Police Help Search for Missing Kayaker From Quebec
Vermont State Police are helping to search Lake Champlain for a missing kayaker from Quebec. Police say 79-year-old Laurent Messier, of St-Armand, Quebec, was reported missing by his wife around 8 p.m. Monday. He had left his lakefront home around 2:30 p.m. that day and planned to kayak to Venise-en-Quebec. His empty kayak was spotted by a crew in a…
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Youth Hockey Coach Accused of Child Rape Arrested for Missing Court Appearance
A Massachusetts youth hockey coach awaiting trial for child rape charges was located and arrested Friday morning, after failing to turn himself in to a Vermont court on Thursday. He was released on bail earlier this month after he met certain conditions due to rulings by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in two unrelated cases.
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Hockey Coach Accused of Child Rape Set for Release Ahead of Trial
A youth hockey coach awaiting trial for child rape charges is expected to be released on bail following rulings by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in two unrelated cases. Thirty-three-year-old Christopher Prew of Marblehead is accused of sexually assaulting eight boys under the age of 14. He had been held without bail since a court appearance in March of 2018.
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Trump Seeks to Block California as Global Climate Leader
The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to topple California as a leading voice against climate change, charging in a federal lawsuit that the state exceeded its constitutional authority by joining with a Canadian province in a program to cut climate-damaging fossil fuel emissions.
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Best Fall Foliage in the Universe? Vermont's Claim Draws Banter From Neighbors
A friendly disagreement has emerged between two New England states, following a bold claim from a Vermont official that his state is home to the best fall foliage available on the planet — or anywhere else imaginable, for that matter. “We like to say it’s the ‘world’s best fall foliage,'” said Mike Snyder, the commissioner of the Vermont Department of...