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Federal housing aid stalls for low-income, HIV-positive Granite Staters
Funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development expired Wednesday with no explanation from the government, affecting people across the country.
Graffiti in Turners Falls causes damage, business owners perplexed by messages
It struck several people in downtown Turners Falls that when their businesses last week were defaced with graffiti — it seemed targeted, but misplaced. In this western Massachusetts village in the town of Montague, the numerous messages were connected to the violence in Gaza, to children dying, and notably to the eating of brunch.
Democrats raise questions about DiLorenzo’s wealth — and lack of disclosures
Republican congressional candidate Anthony DiLorenzo is a Seacoast automotive executive who is running on his business acumen. But his campaign disclosures appear to underplay his financial assets.
As heating oil prices hit record highs, Mainers are eyeing winter with growing trepidation
At the Farmington Fair, western Maine residents said they're taking a hit from higher prices, and some are worried how they'll make it through winter.
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.
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