Complete Power Restoration Could Take Up To One Week
T.S. Irene knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers across New England Sunday, and one official said it could be out as long as a week for some of those customers.
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T.S. Irene knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers across New England Sunday, and one official said it could be out as long as a week for some of those customers.
An inmate who escaped from a Rhode Island prison has been found 20 miles away in Massachusetts.
With excessive heat warnings across the state, some cities and towns are reporting temperatures in the triple-digits. Weather spotters in over 70 locations throughout Massachusetts--plus more in New Hampshire and Rhode Island--have noted temperatures at 97 degrees and higher.
Gas is around $3.69. Hard to rationalize getting in your car and driving far for a vacation.
Rhode Island and Maine are both getting anxious that Massachusetts may get into the casino gambling business before they do, but as I stated two paragraphs back, we're all losers if any of the three cave-in. It's bad business!!
Former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy and his fiancee plan to be married this week at a private wedding ceremony at the Kennedy family's Cape Cod compound.
Central Falls, Rhode Island is on the cusp of declaring bankruptcy.
A third 4-year-old child has drowned this week after falling into a swimming pool in Massachusetts.
Randolph police say a woman drove through the town's annual parade, narrowly missed spectators and continued to drive to Rhode Island before crashing her car.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has signed into law a bill that allows gay couples to enter civil unions.
A Rhode Island man is behind bars after he admitted to swindling elderly nuns out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Firefighters say they have contained a massive blaze that destroyed a 112-year-old mill in northern Rhode Island, and will allow the structure to burn itself to the ground.
Firefighters are battling what authorities are describing as a "major fire" in a Woonsocket mill building.
Rhode Island drivers will soon be able to show their loyalty to the Boston Red Sox with a new state license plate.
Laboratory tests show that a Rhode Island lawmaker had cocaine in his system when he was stopped at a police checkpoint and charged with marijuana possession in Connecticut in April.
A Massachusetts man convicted in Rhode Island of drug trafficking has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. Julio Ernesto Soto, of Salem, Mass., was arrested in a November 2010 Drug Enforcement Administration sting. An informant working with the DEA arranged to buy $24,000 worth of cocaine from the 30-year-old Soto.
Adults caught with an ounce or less of marijuana would face a $150 fine but no criminal penalties under a pot decriminalization bill up for review in the Rhode Island General Assembly.
Rhode Island's House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed legislation allowing gay couples to enter into civil unions after a last-ditch effort to turn the initiative into a bill that would allow gay couples to marry failed.
Police said two 17-year-olds were caught breaking into cars in Tiverton, Rhode Island and were later killed in a horrific car accident in Fall River on Wednesday morning.
Rhode Island would be the first state to prohibit people under 18 from using tanning salons under a proposal passed by the state Senate.
Rhode Island lawmakers plan to hold hearings on a bill creating civil unions for gay couples next week. The bill would give gay couples who form a civil union the same state rights given to married couples in Rhode Island.
Supporters of legalizing gay marriage in Rhode Island gathered at a Statehouse rally Tuesday to protest a bill to legalize civil unions instead.
After leading by as much as 30 seconds and for many miles, Rhode Island's Kim Smith has dropped out of the Boston Marathon due to an injury.
A strong storm system that has been responsible for the severe weather outbreak over the South-Central and Southeast United States will make its way into Southern New England tonight bringing with it heavy rainfall, strong to damaging winds and the potential for minor coastal flooding at the time of high tide late Saturday Evening through early Sunday Morning..
When some witnesses heard the shooting on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, they got out of their cars and ran for their lives.
The gunman who allegedly opened fire on passing cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts is 46-year-old Tyler Brown from Boston.
In the Lyric Stage Company's production of "Something Rotten," Shakespeare is reimagined as a rock star.
A man driving home from work in Gardner said he's grateful to be alive after two teens allegedly threw a railroad spike through his car windshield.
Video from the Cambridge shooting shows a man firing and waving a gun while walking along Memorial Drive Monday.
When some witnesses heard the shooting on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, they got out of their cars and ran for their lives.
The gunman who opened fire on passing cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge is 46-year-old Tyler Brown from Boston, according to I-Team sources.
Video from the Cambridge shooting shows a man firing and waving a gun while walking along Memorial Drive Monday.
Two New Hampshire residents who were on board the cruise ship that saw a hantavirus outbreak are back in the United States.
After Marblehead town officials all but admitted there is no plan to actually build new housing, resident David Modica teed off.
Many people fear that a family history of dementia dooms them to inevitably suffer the condition themselves. But a new tool, the Brain Care Score, shows how lifestyle changes can be beneficial, cutting the risk of dementia.
There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
The gunman who allegedly opened fire on passing cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts is 46-year-old Tyler Brown from Boston.
There have been four violent attacks in three weeks at Tewksbury Hospital and a state representative is taking the fight to Beacon Hill to give security the non-lethal equipment back.
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for nearly half an hour.
A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
Boston ranks right up there with Hawaii as one of the most expensive vacation spots in the country, according to a new report.
The Market Basket Board of Directors was justified in firing longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, a judge ruled Monday.
April 20 is Patriots' Day and Marathon Monday in Massachusetts. Here's what's open and what's closed.
In Groton, Massachusetts, there is a recently opened state-of-the-art venue that is becoming one of the region's premier nonprofit music destinations.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is a protected marine ecosystem off the coast of Massachusetts known for its rich biodiversity, world-class whale watching, and historic shipwrecks.
Best Bees installs and manages professionally maintained hives for homes, businesses, and institutions.
Known for his sustainable cooking and farm-fresh ingredients, Woods Hill's Charlie Foster is a leader in the farm-to-table movement.
Gaining Ground in Concord, Massachusetts is one of the region's leading non-profit farms dedicated to hunger relief.
Gillette Stadium looks different already, with 2026 FIFA World Cup matches coming to Foxboro, Massachusetts in June
The longest-tenured employee for the New England Patriots called it a career after 50 years in Foxboro.
Michela Cava scored at 1:12 of the second overtime to lead Ottawa to a 4-3 win over the Boston Fleet Sunday.
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Sunday to win the rain-shortened series.
Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras ended up with a bruised right hand after he was hit by a fastball from Tampa Bay's Nick Martinez Sunday.
A Boston man says he's lucky to be alive after jumping into the Charles River to save his dog.
Little Joe the gorilla is leaving Boston after decades at the Franklin Park Zoo.
There's been another sighting of an unusual killer whale named Old Thom in the waters off Massachusetts.
A soccer coach in Ludlow, Massachusetts plans to pay it forward after winning big on a lottery scratch ticket.
The Rumney Rocks Climbing Area is partially closed as nesting peregrine falcons could attack rock climbers.