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Thomas Menino, Boston’s longest-serving mayor, dies at 71

WASHINGTON - Thomas M. Menino, Boston’s longest- serving mayor, who said he attended so many community meetings over his two decades in office that...
MAINE GOV. PAUL LEPAGE is unapologetic about his approach to leading the state, but his brash personality might make it difficult to be re-elected as New England's lone Republican governor next year. / COURTESY STATE OF MAINE

LePage promises to remain quiet as Maine Republicans fret

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Gov. Paul LePage now keeps a roll of duct tape on his desk as a reminder to himself. “We all have...
BY AGREEING TO A $2.5 million payment towards the debt the state inherited from 38 Studios LLC, Rhode Island may have preserved its credit rating. / COURTESY JACK NEWTON, VIA FLICKR/ CREATIVE COMMONS

Rhode Island House backs paying Schilling debt to avoid downgrade

BOSTON – Rhode Island lawmakers eased the threat of defaulting on bonds that backed former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s videogame company, agreeing...
DEMOCRAT ED MARKEY won the special election in Massachusetts for John Kerry's seat in the U.S. Senate, making him the longest-serving House member to move over to the Senate. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/JOSHUA ROBERTS

Democrat Markey wins Massachusetts race for Kerry Senate seat

BOSTON – Ed Markey defeated Republican Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts special U.S. Senate election yesterday, as state Democrats overcame low voter turnout to...
MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE is considering slashing Rhode Island's credit grade as state lawmakers debate defaulting on the $75 million brought on by the failure of 38 Studios LLC. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TONY AVELAR

Rhode Island Schilling default talk spurs Moody’s watch for cut

BOSTON – Rhode Island may have its credit grade cut by Moody’s Investors Service after lawmakers debated defaulting on $75 million in debt that...
RHODE ISLAND has officially become the 10th state in the U.S. and the final state in New England to legalize gay marriage.  / COURTESY WIKIPEDIA/CHENSIYUAN

Rhode Island joins New England states in legalizing gay marriage

NEW YORK – On same-sex marriage, New England is now united. Rhode Island became the 10th U.S. state and final one in the region...
STATE, FEDERAL and city police are searching a locked down Boston area house-to-house for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev. / COURTESY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Police continue search for 19-year-old Boston Marathon bomb suspect

BOSTON - Police locked down the Boston area and searched house-to-house for a suspect in the marathon bombing after a second suspect, his older...
FIRST RESPONDERS including Carlos Arredondo, in cowboy hat, tend to Jeff Bauman, who was severely wounded after two explosions occurred along the final stretch of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street in Boston on Monday, April 15. / BLOOMBER PHOTO/KELVIN MA

Boston bomb victim in iconic photo helped identify suspects

BOSTON - Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him. Just...
FIRST RESPONDERS tend to the wounded where two explosions occurred along the final stretch of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, Two powerful explosions rocked the finish line area of the Boston Marathon near Copley Square and police said many people were injured. / BLOOMBERG PHOTO/KELVIN MA

Boston explosions kill 3, injure scores at marathon’s finish

NEW YORK - Bombings killed three people, injured scores and sent smoke and flame soaring near the Boston Marathon’s finish line, triggering an FBI...
PROVIDECNE MAYOR Angel Taveras' pension reform efforts have been credited with bringing down borrowing costs for the city. / PBN FILE PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Providence gets 30% bonus curbing $109,000 retirees

NEW YORK - Providence was so close to running out of cash a year ago that it couldn’t pay for tires on police cars....
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