Around New England

Think It Was Windy Where You Live? Check Out Mount Washington Wind Speed

Matthew McDonald

Winds atop the highest mountain in New England topped 130 miles per hour during the weekend storm that caused damage and power outages all over the region.

Around New England

Remembering Franklin Roosevelt Campaign Appearances in Massachusetts in 1932

Matthew McDonald

Eighty-five years ago this week, the future president appeared in Ayer and Groton, among other places, where he may or may not have kept the spirit of Prohibition. President Herbert Hoover thrashed Roosevelt in Republican-leaning Groton a little more than a week later, even though Roosevelt won the country in a landslide.

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