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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday that the state will relax coronavirus restrictions on restaurants starting Monday, increasing the number of people allowed per table from six to 10 and allowing establishments to use bar seating for food service. Bars and nightclubs remain closed until Phase 4 of the state’s reopening, whic...

As 266 students remain in isolation, officials at Merrimack College are waiting on 150 test results to understand the breadth of the school’s coronavirus outbreak. At least 20 students have tested positive so far on the campus in North Andover, Massachusetts, including 17 who live in the same dorm. Hundreds of students are now under quarantin...

Connecticut will be expanding its Shared Work program to help businesses avoid layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, which has been in existence for years, allows companies to temporarily reduce overhead by temporarily cutting hours for their employees. The employees keep their jobs at a reduced schedule, keep their benefits, and those...

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday that coronavirus outbreaks at two colleges are responsible for the state’s rise in COVID-19 numbers. Providence College accounts for about 150 new cases, with around 40 more at the University of Rhode Island, she said. “Without those cases, our overall case numbers were stable, actually dec...

Not even a week into the start of the school year, Marlboro High will pivot to remote learning after seven students tested positive for coronavirus. In a sudden decision from the Marlboro School Committee, members voted Tuesday night to have high school students learn online starting Thursday. The district started school Monday under a hybrid learn...

Hurricane Teddy’s impact on the weather in New England will ease as it charges northeast, making landfall in Nova Scotia early this morning. Wednesday will be breezy with gusts to 30 mph, but not exceptionally windy. High surf will still deliver strong rip currents and waves of four to eight feet, but not the same pounding surf as yesterday. ...

A 25-year-old Massachusetts man shot and injured by police during an incident outside a Kingston mall earlier this week was set to face a judge, Wednesday. Alexander Bakutis, of Plymouth, was set to be arraigned remotely by the Plymouth District Court in connection with the incident at the Kingston Collection early Tuesday, during which police alle...

Two men were injured during a workplace shooting in South Windsor on Tuesday morning and the suspect has been arrested after fleeing the scene, police said. A man called 911 at 8:43 a.m. and told police he’d been shot in the parking lot of a complex at 105 Edwin Road around 8:43 a.m., police said. Another male victim was also…

The city of Boston is launching an “aggressive campaign” to address the rise in rat activity amid an influx of complaints about the rodents in multiple neighborhoods, The Boston Herald reports. The Inspectional Services Department says the agency “will begin an aggressive campaign to diminish the rodent population in Boston,” according to the paper...

Vice President Mike Pence hosted a “Make America Great Again” rally in New Hampshire Tuesday to highlight what the campaign called the Trump administration’s “historic accomplishments.” It’s the latest presidential campaign event in the swing state, which last week saw visits from first lady Melania Trump and the...

Officials in Maine have recovered the body of a missing 31-year-old York woman, three days after the canoe she was in overturned on a lake in the northern part of the state. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife says a dive team recovered Caitlin Giunta’s body around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Divers were focusing on an area that......

Tuesday, Sept. 22 UPDATE: Divers have recovered the body of 31-year-old Caitlin Guinta. Officials in Maine are searching for a York woman who has been missing since Saturday evening when she and two friends overturned their canoe on Flagstaff Lake. The woman was with two men and their dog around 5:20 p.m. when their canoe flipped as they were boati...