BOSTON (AP) – The Coast Guard on Friday suspended its search for the captain of a missing lobster boat who fell overboard about 20 miles south of Nantucket.

Milton Broulard, 48, captain of the 40-foot Westport-based Elizabeth Anne fell overboard on Thursday when he became entangled in the boat’s trawl line while setting lobster traps.

The only other member of the Elizabeth Anne’s crew called the Coast Guard Thursday morning to report the incident.

The Coast Guard used helicopters and rescue boats in the search.

The other crew member was transported to Kaehler Memorial Medical Clinic in Bourne by helicopter because he suffered cuts while trying to rescue Broulard.

Dig turns up little

at battle monument

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) – An archaeological dig at the Bennington Battle Monument has turned up no evidence of the storehouse the British hoped to capture in 1777, researchers say.

The dig, conducted in preparation for the lighting of the monument this fall, only found demolition debris, much of it generated by the stonemasons who built the obelisk.

“We didn’t find anything that would be significant to the proposed lighting,” said Stephen Scharoun, a staff archaeologist with the University of Maine at Farmington. “That is the bottom line.”

Dedicated in 1871, the limestone monument is built on what was once Old Bennington’s Main Street. Historical maps show the site flanked with buildings, including the storehouse that held munitions for the revolutionaries.

Lawmaker had gun in luggage

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – An unidentified state representative was detained at Manchester airport after security screeners found a loaded .38-caliber handgun in his carryon luggage.

The lawmaker was detained after the discovery Friday, but he was not arrested.

Carrying a gun onto a plane is a federal offense punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison, federal security officials said.

Raymond Carolan, the airport’s federal security director, said the evidence did not justify an arrest. He refused to identify the man because the investigation is continuing.

“We’re looking at the civil options as well as any potential for further criminal charges,” he said.

Officials irked by information leak

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Business and insurance leaders are upset that a New England lawyer who specializes in representing accident victims contacted workers injured in New Hampshire after getting their names from the state.

Attorney James Sokolove sent thousands of letters seeking to represent employees injured on the job in New Hampshire.

“We’ll negotiate hard for you,” wrote Sokolove in a June 24 letter to one injured worker. “Oftentimes, insurance companies try to settle quickly and cheaply. Without an attorney to look out for your best interest, you may not get the best deal.”

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