School bus driver from Maine charged with stalking 8-year-old boy

New England

Published
August 10, 2022

School bus driver from Maine charged with stalking 8-year-old boy

It is alleged that the bus driver gave a New Hampshire student cellphones with instructions to take inappropriate photos of himself, placed tracing devices on his parents’ vehicles and made nighttime visits to their home.
Published
August 9, 2022

Truck driver acquitted in deaths of 7 motorcyclists in 2019 in New Hampshire

Commercial truck driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was found innocent of causing the 2019 deaths of 7 motorcyclists in a collision in northern New Hampshire.
Published
August 6, 2022

Versant Power seeks electricity rate hike

If approved, the average customer would pay about $120 more a year, starting next July.
Published
August 3, 2022

Prosecution rests in deadly New Hampshire motorcycle crash trial

A truck driver faces negligent homicide and other charges in connection with the June 21, 2019, crash that killed 7 members of a Marine motorcycle club.
Published
July 22, 2022

Trial to start in 2019 deaths of 7 motorcyclists in New Hampshire

Volodymr Zhukovskyy has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges including negligent homicide and manslaughter in connection with the 2019 crash.
Published
July 21, 2022

Entire New Hampshire ski resort management team resigns

Gunstock Mountain Resort closed after its management team resigned amid growing tensions with the 5-member commission that oversees the resort.
Published
July 15, 2022

New Hampshire asks some residents to reduce water use to offset drought

More than half of Maine and parts of eastern Vermont are also in a moderate drought.
Published
July 12, 2022

Rhode Island woman charged with posing as sick veteran to plead guilty

Authorities say she used her job at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence to create false records supporting claims for hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits and charitable contributions.
Published
July 12, 2022

Lawsuit: Rhode Island cleaning service fired woman because she was pregnant

The woman says she was asked about her pregnancy at an orientation for new hires and was then told she couldn't keep the job because of its "physical demands."
Published
July 5, 2022

High number of seal deaths linked to bird flu, feds say

The rate of dead seal strandings in Maine is about three times the normal rate for the summer and is close to 60.