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A celebrated architect’s Wellfleet house needs rescuing
Real Estate Marcel Breuer’s summer home in Wellfleet, Mass., a time capsule of architectural history hidden in the wilderness, has fallen into disrepair. A side view of the summer house, that the Modernist architect Marcel Breuer built, in Wellfleet, Mass., on Aug, 19, 2023, with the cantilevered porch where family and friends would spend most […]
Saint-Gobain to close New Hampshire plant blamed for PFAS water contamination
Environment State House Rep. Nancy Murphy, a Democrat from Merrimack, said residents will continue to pay a huge price after the plant closes. By Associated Press August 24, 2023 | 7:58 AM MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — A French company that has been blamed for contaminating drinking water in some New Hampshire communities with a group […]
Cape Cod strands more dolphins than anywhere else. Now they’re getting their own hospital.
Local News The welfare fund has responded to more than 400 live stranded dolphins, whales and porpoises in the region in the past five years alone. An International Fund for Animal Welfare team carries a stranded common dolphin to a waiting vehicle while another waits to be rescued at Herring River, Jan. 19, 2012, in […]
Mass. woman files class action lawsuit against Star Market for allegedly sending her marketing texts after she opted out
Local News It is illegal for companies to send consumers marketing text messages after they’ve opted out. They can be ordered to pay up to $1,500 per illegal text. Star Market is facing a class action lawsuit after it allegedly sent marketing text messages to a woman after she opted out. Todd Van Hoosear/Wikimedia Commons […]
Cargo plane crash kills 2 during training mission near central Maine airport
Local News The Beechcraft crashed in a field in the town of Litchfield at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press updated on August 23, 2023 PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a twin-engine cargo plane during a training exercise near a small […]
After string of close calls, Logan Airport gets largest share of federal runway improvement funding
Local News The money will be used to simplify the airport’s airfield layout and repair runway pavement. Boston Logan Airport was awarded $44.9 million Wednesday by the FAA to improve its runways. Michael Dwyer/AP Photo After a slew of close calls at Boston Logan Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding the airport the […]
Newton home searched by FBI
Local News FBI agents were seen going through the homeowner’s trash and bringing out boxes and bags of belongings at 24 Fairfield St. on Wednesday. FBI agents searched 24 Fairfield St. in Newton on Wednesday. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff A home in Newton was searched by the FBI on Wednesday. Agents were seen removing bags and […]
Visitors blocked a Vermont road just to see this wooden troll. Now no one can view it.
Arts “Lost Finn,” a wooden troll made by Danish artist Thomas Dambo, grew too popular as an attraction for this southwestern Vermont town. Now it’s closed to the public. “Lost Finn,” a towering wooden troll created by Danish artist Thomas Dambo in South Londonderry, Vermont, is no longer open to the public after visitors blocked […]
The first 2024 Republican presidential debate is in the books. Here’s what happened
Politics A former president Donald Trump supporter stands near the Fiserv Forum as set up continues for the upcoming Republican presidential debate Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) AP By Associated Press updated on August 24, 2023 | 12:12 AM MILWAUKEE (AP) — Follow along for live updates on the first 2024 […]
Drowning death of former President Obama’s personal chef Tafari Campbell on Martha’s Vineyard ruled an accident
National News Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia drowned while using a paddleboard in Edgartown Great Pond on July 24, police said. Tafari Campbell, then a White House sous chef, is seen in a screen shot from a video posted online by the Obama administration in 2012. White House (handout) By Associated Press August 23, 2023 […]