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Feds, Mass. AG agree on path forward for ‘right to repair’ law
Local News Earlier this year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told automakers not to comply with the law due to safety concerns. After a wildly expensive ballot initiative, Massachusetts voters approved a new “right to repair” law in 2020. David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe Almost three years after Massachusetts voters approved a […]
Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard and Rhode Island
Politics FILE – Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. Another planned offshore wind farm, by Revolution Wind, moved a step closer to construction on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved […]
About $1M of pure, uncut cocaine washed up on Martha’s Vineyard, feds say
Local News “In my 23-year career I’ve never seen or heard of anything washing up of this magnitude in New England.” Packages of cocaine that washed up on Martha’s Vineyard in July were branded with a toucan. Drug Enforcement Administration/Handout Martha’s Vineyard doesn’t typically see snow in the summer, but one beach in Chilmark got […]
Shelters nearing capacity, Lt. Gov. Driscoll says, as feds conclude visit to Mass.
Local News With federal officials returning to Washington after assessing the situation, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said the state’s emergency shelter system is inundated. Gov. Maura Healey chats with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll in June. David L. Ryan/Boston Globe Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll warned Thursday that Massachusetts’s emergency shelter system is on the verge of […]