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Pilgrim nuclear plant owner contemplates federal lawsuit over radioactive water discharge
Suing in federal court, rather than in Massachusetts Superior Court as some observers had expected, would change the nature of the argument, because state and federal regulators have authority over different aspects of the nuclear plant.
Second home tax appeals to majority of Vermont poll respondents
In a recent Vermont Public poll, 57% of respondents said they thought that the state should impose a new yearly tax on second homes.
Un apoyo a la salud mental de las latinas en CT durante el posparto: doulas de habla hispana
El Concilio Hispano de la Salud, en colaboración con el hospital de Hartford, lanzó un programa de doulas que busca reducir las barreras de acceso, esto tras la determinación del programa Medicaid en Connecticut de comenzar a reembolsar el trabajo que ellas realizan.
Nearly 300-year-old Middletown home spared after Chick-fil-A plans rejected
The plan called for the removal and relocation of a single-family home on Washington Street that was constructed in 1739. A credit union was approved for the adjoining parcel.
Court upholds school tax cap question that will be on NH ballots
The question asks voters to vote yes or no on imposing a tax cap on local school spending.
The latest tool to reduce nitrogen pollution: restoring retired cranberry bogs to natural wetlands
Rewilding retired cranberry bogs to promote native habitat has yielded many success stories on and around Cape Cod. New bog restoration projects in Marstons Mills have a different primary objective.
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