1 dead after fight at Hub T’ station

BOSTON (AP) – An altercation that started inside a subway car turned deadly when a 23-year-old man died on the tracks at the Fields Corner MBTA station on Thursday afternoon, police said.

The man, whose name was not released, was involved in an argument with another man four stops earlier, at Andrew Square. It started as a verbal fight but escalated, Boston police spokesman David Estrada said.

The fight spilled onto the platform at Fields Corner. The 23-year-old ended up on the tracks, where he was pronounced dead.

Skate park leaving Vt. town for N.H.

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) – A popular skateboarding park is moving to New Hampshire.

Zero Gravity, which has operated at Giorgetti Park for 11 years, is leaving Rutland when its lease with the city Recreation Department ends in October.

It plans to relocate its half-pipes, banks and rails to a new building being built at the Whaleback ski area in Enfield, N.H.

Myles Cotter-Sparrow, one of four owners, said the skate park had reached an agreement with the new owners of Whaleback, which is set to reopen after being closed for four years.

Bangor slot parlor could face delay

BANGOR (AP) – Penn National Gaming’s plan to open its Hollywood Slots facility in Bangor was dealt a setback when the Maine Gambling Control Board decided not to issue one of the company’s slot machine distributors a permanent license it was seeking.

The board decided not to issue a state slots distributor license for Bally Gaming and Systems because a report on the company’s financial suitability was incomplete. Financial consultants for the state said Bally had not yet filed a required year-end earnings report with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission.