Man accused of disrupting JetBlue flight

A Wyoming man is to be arraigned today in East Boston District Court after he was arrested for allegedly disrupting a JetBlue flight on its way to Logan International Airport. Jesse Boyd , 20, of Casper, Wyo., became unruly yesterday during a flight from Pittsburgh to Boston, authorities said. He was arrested after the plane landed, just after 8:20 a.m., and charged with interfering with aircraft operations, assault and battery on a flight attendant, and disorderly conduct, State Police said.

RANGELEY, Maine

A Connecticut professor and poet drowned Sunday when he fell through thin ice while crossing Rangeley Lake on cross-country skis, authorities said. Hugh Ogden, 69, of Glastonbury, a professor at Trinity College, was trying to get to the mainland from his camp on Naramantic Island when he fell through the ice, Maine Warden Service Sergeant John Blagdon said. Ogden's death was among several accidents over the weekend on Maine lakes, where officials warned yesterday that unusually warm weather made the ice treacherous. Ogden, a native of Erie, Pa., taught at the University of Michigan before joining the Trinity College faculty in 1967, according to the college's website. He wrote several poetry books, won honors from the National Endowment for the Arts and Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and was twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry. (AP)

CONCORD, N.H.

The city is trying to move a historic house that sits in the way of a road that would make it easier to get from Interstate 89 to Concord Hospital. Morton and Carolyn Tuttle have gone to court to stall construction of the Langley Parkway, but the project has been inching closer and closer to their back door. The city has been trying for at least seven years to find a place to move their home, a 1933 Cape that is on the National Register of Historical Places, but the couple has rejected all the proposed sites. The house is historic because it was owned by Donald Tuttle, editor of the first magazine to promote New Hampshire as a four-season getaway in the late 1920s. The latest offer involves asking another couple to subdivide their property. A hearing on that proposal is set for tomorrow . (AP)

Widespread cheating has prompted officials to end online exams for those seeking a state boating education certificate. A state law being phased in over several years requires boaters to obtain state-approved certification to operate any type of power boat in excess of 25 horsepower on public waters. Since the law was passed in 2002, up to 80 percent of those seeking permits have taken the education course and exam online, but that system was suspended starting this year. Under the new system, boaters still can take a safe boating course online or through a home-study video course but they must travel to one of several locations to take the exam. Betsy O'Connor, a program specialist for the boating education program, said traffic was high on the website in the last few days exams were given online. "People are definitely trying to get their testing in," she said last week. (AP)

ROCHESTER, N.H.

A Rochester native is set to play the trumpet today at the funeral of former President Gerald Ford. US Marine Master Sergeant Kurt Dupuis is the lead trumpeter for the US Marine Band, also known as the "The President's Own." Dupuis joined the band in 1992 after earning a bachelor's degree from Boston University's School of Fine Arts. He also played the trumpet at President Ronald Reagan's funeral in 2004. "When you think about the history you're part of, it's pretty amazing," said Dupuis. "It's quite an honor to serve the country in this capacity." (AP)

NEW HARTFORD, Conn.

A teenager was arrested yesterday on charges of fatally stabbing a 21-year-old man during an altercation at a New Year's Eve party, police said. Raymond Martin, 17, of Winsted was scheduled to be arraigned today in Litchfield Superior Court on charges of murder and tampering with evidence, police said. He was charged in the death of Dustin Arigoni, 21, of Torrington. Arigoni was among three people who were stabbed during a dispute at a New Year's Eve house party late Sunday, police said. Martin also was injured during the dispute, but his injuries were not considered life-threatening, police said. He was being held last night on $750,000 bond. (AP)