Amtrak’s Downeaster train crashed into a tractor trailer at the Route 4 crossing in North Berwick, Maine this morning, killing the driver of the truck. None of the 112 passengers on Train 681 were seriously injured. North Berwick police and Maine State Police are investigating.
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Although convicted of bribery, Chuck Turner is ready to get back to work on the City Council. [Dorchester Reporter]
The priest who stalked Conan O'Brien says he's fine and wants to get back to work, but the Boston Archdiocese is on Team Coco. [MyFoxBoston]
The contractor working on the exploding house has a record of safety violations. [Boston Channel]
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A snake snuck into a Cambridge apartment to provide an unwelcome morning surprise. [MyFoxBoston]
The Boston Fire Department is getting 60 oxygen masks designed to save pets. [Boston Metro]
Three egg farms in Maine are being investigated for their connection to the producer of the recent salmonella recall. [Boston Globe]
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Massachusetts has become the 14th state to ban novelty lighters, although there is little hard data to indicate children are using them to start fires. [Boston Globe]
Believe it or not, tobacco companies continue their increased marketing efforts in low-income neighborhoods. [Boston Globe]
Some trees have begun to turn colors ahead of the usual fall foliage season. [Foster's Daily Democrat]
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President Obama and family spent the weekend hiking and biking in Maine. [CBS News]
Both houses of the Mass legislature have voted for giving more weight to the popular vote in presidential elections. [Boston Herald]
Some think the Celtics should help pay for police overtime for Finals-related crowd control. [Boston Herald]
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It's the longest day of the year. [National Geographic]
The Harvard student arrested on immigration charges will not be deported at this time. [Harvard Crimson]
It's the little things that show there's progress at the MBTA -- like requiring all T operators to have a valid driver's license. [Boston Globe]
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President Obama was talking about health care in Maine today. [WCSH-TV]
Then he's visiting Boston with floods and fundraising on his mind. [WHDH]
The off-duty security guard who saved a doctor at MGH will not face any charges for fatally shooting the attacker. [Boston Herald]
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Twelve cities have more energy-efficient building than Boston. [eWEEK]
Fenway Park renovations include bigger bathrooms, a new row of grandstand seats, and more concession options of the vegetarian & gluten-free variety. [Boston Herald]
The weekend's gamer convention was literal too big for the Hynes Convention Center, so they'll return to a bigger venue next year. [Boston Globe]
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On the eve of his book release, the Boston-based finance guy who tried to blow the whistle on Bernie Madoff says he was willing to kill the billion-dollar con man. [Wall Street & Technology]
People are collecting support the ban of the word "retahd" or "retarded". It's unclear what the next word to be banned would be. [Boston Herald]
After last week's storms, power is still out for thousands in Maine and New Hampshire. [Seacoast Online]
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Republicans at Brown fight to celebrate Columbus. The ghosts of thousands of slain native Americans were unavailable for comment. [Providence Journal]
Tom Cruise stopped the traffic on the Zakim without special Scientology powers. [WHDH]
Powerball is coming to Massachusetts. [Boston Herald]
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The President of Ireland is visiting Massachusetts. Keep an eye out for her at The Purple Shamrock. [Boston Herald]
Johnny Law is planning to tamp down the drunken fun along the Saco River. [Boston Globe]
You can buy a video of JFK Jr.'s wedding (or probably find it on BitTorrent). [Boston Herald]
If your medical bills are out of control, you're not alone. [Boston Globe]
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A week after New York legalized gay marriage and a day after Rhode Island's state Senate voted in favor of same-sex civil unions, the state of Maine's gay marriage supporters were preparing a referendum on gay marriage to join the rest of New England in a state of marriage equality.
Boston police arrested the driver of an SUV that struck and killed Andrew Prior, 24, of Roxbury in November. Prior was riding his scooter outside the Roxbury Crossing MBTA Station on November 14 when he was hit. The suspect was charged with motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. [WCVB]
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Harwich Police are investigating a suspected violent assault and rape after finding an unconscious woman in the Wishing Well motel on Main Street in Harwich. The woman, reportedly in her 40’s, was allegedly raped on Friday, the day she was hospitalized. The motel owner saw the victim unconscious and having a seizure on the floor in the room. Contact police at 508-430-7541 with information. [WCVB]
One hundred skiers are trapped on a chair lift at the Sugarloaf Ski Resort in Carrabassatt, Maine. The lift broke abruptly and knocked several skiers to the ground, a drop of 30-40 feet. The ski patrol is using ropes to lower trapped skiers from the Spillaway East chair lift to the ground. A spokesman said wind could be a factor. Several skiers are being treated for non life-threatening injuries. The lift derailed after a cable slipped. Sugarloaf is located about four hours north of Boston. [WCVB], [FOX News]
Middlesex County Sheriff James V. DiPaola was found dead today after apparently killing himself in Wells, Maine. DiPaola was found on a bed in his room at the Lafayette Resorts from what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to his head. DiPaola resigned last week over reports he planned to work as sheriff while collecting a pension. The State Ethics Commission is investigating the Middlesex Sheriff's Office over campaign finance issues. [Globe], [WCVB]
Marine First Lieutenant James R. Zimmerman was killed in Afghanistan on November 2. Days earlier he told his father he was ready to come home from a tour filled with firefights.
As law enforcement deals with suspicious packages on UPS planes in Newark and Philadelphia and a UPS truck in downtown Brooklyn, police in Maine are investigating a "suspicious backpack in the bushes" outside the federal courthouse in Portland. Reports in the media say authorities are investigating whether this was a "dry run" for a real terrorist attack. A suspicious package from Yemen was found at the FedEx Dubai facility.
What does Lady Gaga have in common with Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins? Aside from plumbing, nothing. Yet.
New Hampshire is living up to its motto this week. They are serious about Live Free or Die.
-- A 30-year-old New Hampshire man faces over 20 assault and weapons charges for shooting an AK-47 in the China Lion restaurant in December. His lawyer says he has "mental health issues." The suspect is being held without bail until an April 6 dangerousness hearing. [Lynn Daily Item]
Voters in New England's least appealing state told approximately one tenth of its population that it could go f*ck itself but without the sanction of marriage. Maine, also home to Olympia Snowe, did not include a trigger option in its narrow repeal of the state's same-sex marriage law. [Globe]
- While the Mass. ballot question on poker folded, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s ruled 25 ballot questions are constitutional. Backers of each can now gather signatures in support of each question. [ Boston Business Journal]
- In November, Maine residents will vote to uphold or repeal the state's gay marriage law. [Bangor Daily News]
The Suffolk County D.A.'s office has just announced the arrest of Paul Bradley, Jr., a Boston firefighter, and his father, Paul Bradley, Sr., on fugitive justice charges. The two men are wanted in the State of Maine for allegedly operating a marijuana grow house, which included 22 marijuana plants. Bradley isn't the first Boston Jake to find himself the target of a drug investigation. Firefighter Sean Berte had his Maine home raided in May, when police allegedly turned up 131 marijuana plants, which means that Bradley had some alleged catching up to do. And last November, Texas police busted a disabled Boston firefighter allegedly rolling through the state with 41 pounds of weed.
The topless coffee shop opened in Maine earlier this year has burned down, according to the Globe. Were the sans-shirts servers too hot to handle? Did one too many sparks fly between staff and customers? The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Congratulations to Maine, which has become the fifth state in the nation to legalize same sex marriage. It's the fourth state in New England to proclaim marriage equality, joining a bloc that includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Maine follows Vermont as the second state to legalize marriage through legislation, and its governor, unlike Vermont's, signed the bill into law. [BBC]
There's a good piece in today's Washington Post about a community supported fishery (CSF) in Port Clyde, Maine. It works like community supported farms do. The Port Clyde Fresh Catch subscription service offers subscribers a share of fresh shrimp throughout the winter. It's an effort on the part of the Midcoast Fisherman's Association to stem the tide that's washing small, sustainable and independent fisheries off our shore. The Port Clyde CSF only delivers to Maine, but other groups, like these Maine lobstermen will ship food overnight.