Three Massachusetts utilities and a transmission line developer have agreed to pass along $512 million in added costs to Massachusetts ratepayers for an electric transmission project in western Maine.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, New England
Should minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Voters in Arizona and Massachusetts will decide whether employers should be able to continue to pay tipped workers such as servers and bartenders a lower minimum wage than non-tipped workers.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Boston eyes $8 billion rail plan that would benefit Maine
A new ‘Rail Link’ between North and South stations would ease passenger rail between Maine and the rest of America
Posted inNew England
There’s a moose on the loose – in a New Hampshire swimming pool
Bedford Police Chief Daniel Douidi said no people or animals were harmed.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, New England, News
East Coast port strike imminent as longshoremen talks show no progress
In Maine, the port of Portland is unlikely to be impacted by the strike, officials from the port and labor union say. Only one company, Eimskip of Reykjavík, Iceland, operates at the port of Portland and is not a party to the agreement between the union and the alliance.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, New England, News
Suspicious mail sent to elections officials in several states
No state has reported – so far – that anyone has been harmed as a result of the suspicious mail.
Posted inNew England, Sports
Boston Marathon lowers qualifying times for most prospective runners for 2026 race
The change means men will need to run 2:55 – 5 minutes faster to earn a spot than for this year’s race. Women and nonbinary runners need to finish in 3:25.
Posted inNew England
Massachusetts police recruit dies after a ‘medical crisis’ during training exercise
The recruit’s mother told TV reporters that he was hit and injured.
Posted inNew England, News
Wreck of French steamship that sank in 1856 discovered off New England coast
Disaster struck during the ship’s first return voyage back to France from the U.S. The ship collided with the Maine-built barque Adriatic, which was en route from Belfast to Georgia.
Posted inNation / World, New England, News, Schools & Education
Harvard’s Black enrollment drops after Supreme Court ruling
Last year’s ruling overturned decades of legal precedent and forced the country’s most selective colleges to change the ways they evaluate applicants.