Animal-rights activists are pressing on with an attempt to put up a 5-foot-tall tombstone memorial to lobsters who died in a roadside crash in Maine last week, even though state officials have denied their initial request.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked permission for the memorial at the site of the accident, but state officials on Thursday said no, citing safety.
An increase in absentee ballot usage is making it harder to estimate voter turnout for next Tuesday's primary election, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin's office said Thursday.
