Around New England

Protesters Block Road To Natural Gas Pipeline Project

Matthew McDonald

Protesters blocked a road in the western Massachusetts town of Sandisfield that leads to a state forest where an extension of a natural gas pipeline is being built.

Niki Tsongas Leaving Congress at End of Term
News

Niki Tsongas Leaving Congress at End of Term

NBP Staff

U.S. Representative Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) will not seek re-election in 2018, she announced Wednesday morning.

Tsongas, 71, the widow of former U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas (1941-1997), was first elected in October 2007, in a special election to replace Marty Meehan, who left Congress to become chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Read More