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A recently approved logging project in the Sandwich Range of the White Mountain National Forest is close to popular hiking trails, upsetting some local hikers. But Forest Service officials say logging is consistent with their mission.
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Officials have received 111 self-reports of flood damage at rental properties stemming from the most recent flood through the 211 system.
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The Summer Olympics in Paris begins this week. One high-profile athlete with local ties is Gabby Thomas. The Northampton native is one of the United States' best hopes for a gold medal in track and field. She went to high school at Williston Northampton, where she rewrote the record books.
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Here's what you need to know to watch Elle St. Pierre, Billy Bender and Ilona Maher compete in Paris.
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Connecticut has 60 pledged delgates and 14 superdelegates. President Joe Biden's decision to not seek reelection has cast the spotlight on these arcane party actors.
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"What they worry about," said Barnstable County Emergency Preparedness director Chip Reilly on the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, "is a tractor trailer truck going sideways and flipping over and then tying up the bridge. And then where do we stand?"
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President Joe Biden stepped aside as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate this week and has endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, for the job. The announcement sparked a barrage of memes and attention from major pop culture figures like Charli XCX tweeting “Kamala is Brat.”
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The planthopping pest is a known threat to crops, especially grapes. But in Connecticut so far, the damage appears to be minimal, state officials said.
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GE Vernova, the company that built the blade that failed on a Vineyard Wind turbine south of the islands, says it will re-examine every blade it has built for offshore wind.
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Rescue teams from the New England Aquarium, the Center for Coastal Studies, and the Barnstable harbormaster’s office came together to disentangle a six-foot-long, 400-pound leatherback.
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The New England Heat Pump Accelerator aims to "permanently shift the market from fossil fuel equipment to heat pumps."
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The director of marine mammal conservation at the Seacoast Science Center says footage of the incident doesn't suggest wrongdoing on the part of the boaters.