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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It has been the year of the whale on Long Island Sound, where fishermen and other boaters have reveled in the return of the marine mammals after a long hiatus. The highly unexpected sightings began in May, when three belugas were spotted off Fairfield, Connecticut. A minke
Massachusetts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mutt from a Massachusetts animal shelter who got a new life as a K-9 drug-detection dog stars in an upcoming episode of a new PBS series called "Shelter Me: Partners for Life." The Worcester County sheriff's department in central Massachusetts turned to
Faith
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a trial over control of the nation's oldest synagogue and ceremonial bells worth $7.4 million said on Friday there is no "smoking gun" in the battle between the congregation that worships at the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in
Massachusetts
Written by Rik Stevens SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Using the astronomical chart on a table in the covered tower, visitors aim their gaze along worn arrows to huge, upright stones hundreds of feet away. Beyond each slab of granite, clearings stretch the eye to the horizon on a dazzling day
Rhode Island
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — A new dog park in Rhode Island got some help from a group of land-clearing specialists: goats. Organizers used a herd of the ravenous ruminants to clear brush from a plot of land in Portsmouth that will eventually be turned over to man's best
boston
Written by Sylvia Lee Wingfield BOSTON (AP) — Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become established in New England.
new hampshire
MILFORD, NH — Emphasizing his foreign policy credentials, GOP presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) held an intimate gathering Sunday with supporters at VFW post 4368 in Milford, New Hampshire. Together with his friend and colleague Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a two-time New Hampshire primary winner, Graham spoke to a crowd
New England
ROYALTON, Vt. (AP) — A driver clocked at 112 mph on an interstate in Vermont told police he was heading to traffic court to take care of a speeding ticket. Trooper Rich Slusser says the 33-year-old man from West Hartford, Connecticut, was also weaving in and out of traffic in Royalton
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