BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) – Nudity isn’t new here. Usually it bares itself in more subtle places than a downtown parking lot, though.This summer, a group of teenagers has disrobed near restaurants, bookstores and galleries, igniting a debate about whether this bohemian southern Vermont town should ban a practice that has been tolerated until now.“Brattleboro tends […]

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) – A Middleton man died after high winds and choppy waves caused his 20-foot boat to capsize Saturday off Baker’s Island, the Coast Guard said. Another man on the boat was rescued.Michael Parshley, 37, and Gregory Maynard, 28, of Danvers, were on Parshley’s boat at about 11:30 a.m. when it capsized. Another […]

BOSTON (AP) – The Franklin Park Zoo is planning to build a glass-walled enclosure that allows visitors to again see the gorilla “Little Joe,” who’s been kept out of sight since he escaped three years ago and mauled a 2-year-old girl.The new cage, featuring a mesh cap of woven steel to go with triple-layer glass […]

BOSTON (AP)-The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has settled a lawsuit filed by the parents of a student who killed herself in 2001 after being stalked by a male student.Julie Carpenter, a sophomore, committed suicide by ingesting cyanide.Tim and Kay Carpenter filed the suit in 2003, seeking $20 million. The court was informed of the settlement […]

GROTON, Conn. (AP) – Groton police obtained an arrest warrant Friday for a 27-year-old woman they said abandoned a newborn boy early Wednesday morning.The woman, whose name has not been released, is in Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London. She will be charged with abandonment and risk of injury to a minor.The baby was […]

VERGENNES, Vt. (AP) – Marchers continued on a journey Friday that started a day earlier in Ripton and is to end Monday in Burlington to bring attention to global warming.“It’s perhaps the largest single demonstration yet in this country against global warming,” said Bill McKibben, a Middlebury College environmental scholar whose book, “The End of […]

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) – A diner that became a landmark over the decades was severely damaged by fire on Thursday, and its owner is unsure whether it will reopen.The fire at O’Rourke’s Diner on Main Street may have been caused by a steamer that was left on overnight, fire officials told WFSB-TV. The eatery – […]

BOSTON (AP) – A connector tunnel shut down after a fatal ceiling collapse in July reopened Friday night, restoring an important link from Interstate 90 eastbound to Logan Airport in time for the busy Labor Day weekend.Nearly 120 shoring towers were installed to support the tunnel’s ceiling panels.“It is a belt and suspenders and rope […]

BOSTON (AP) – The state is close to reopening one lane of traffic in the tunnel linking Interstate 90 to Logan Airport, using a series of towers to prop up ceiling panels as permanent repairs continue, Gov. Mitt Romney said Thursday.The tunnel is among those closed since falling ceiling panels killed a motorist last month.Work […]

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – Rivier College in Nashua has gotten a $2 million donation – its largest ever – and plans to use it to expand its library.The donation is from college trustee William Conway and his family.College President William Farrell says the addition will offer students a place to study, work on projects and […]