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Candidates propose ‘People’s Pledge’ for US House race
Two of the five declared Democratic candidates for the congressional seat set to be vacated by Senator-elect Edward J. Markey have proposed a pact that would attempt to limit outside spending in the US House race. State Senator Will Brownsberger and state Representative Carl Sciortino have both called for a “People’s Pledge” in the race to fill the Fifth Congressional District seat.
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Keeping First Night alive
Can the mayor of Boston save First Night? And what would Boston be without music and ice sculptures at the turn of the new......
Starts & Stops
A do-it-yourself approach to bike ridership data
Ari Ofsevit, who runs the blog "Amateur Planner," was underwhelmed by state data on bike use on Longfellow Bridge. So he hatched a plan to conduct his own ridership count, Ninja-style.
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Dr. Terrie E. Inder to lead newborn department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Terrie E. Inder will be chairwoman of the newly named Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. ...
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Religious leaders working on interfaith service
Religious leaders are working with the governor's office to develop Thursday morning's interfaith service in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.

In the Cards

Wynn wins landslide in Everett
EVERETT -- City residents sent an emphatic message Saturday: They want Wynn.

War and Peace

As fighting season heats up, US commander says newly trained Afghan forces passing test -- so far
The annual summer fighting season is now well underway in Afghanistan, with nearly daily suicide bombings, assassinations, and other high-profile attacks by the Taliban and other militant groups. But one thing appears decidedly different this time around to Lieutenant General Mark A. Milley, a native of Winchester who is now on his third tour and commands the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command: the Afghans are fighting back, mostly on their own.

Science in Mind

Two planets discovered orbiting stars in a crowded cluster
In May, NASA scientists announced that the space-based Kepler telescope that has been scouring the sky for habitable worlds was in trouble. Part of the mechanism used to position the telescope had failed. Scientists were quick to praise the mission and note that even if it were over, they had more than enough data to analyze. The latest discovery from the data beamed back by Kepler came Wednesday, with the detection of two planets smaller than Neptune orbiting stars in a cluster about 3,000 light-years away.

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Vermont news

  • Street in Vt. city closed due to sinkhole

    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Officials in Vermont's largest city say a major street is closed due to a sinkhole.(   07/01/2013 3:26 PM )

  • Vt. promoting highway safety with new strategy

    WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont transportation and public safety officials say they have a plan to keep people safe on the state's roadways.(   07/01/2013 2:52 PM )

  • Investigators: Vt. barn fire intentionally set

    ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) -- Investigators say someone intentionally set fire to a barn in St. Albans, Vt., that caused over $30,000 in damage.(   07/01/2013 2:25 PM )

  • Vt. gov marks repayment of unemployment loan

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Three years after Vermont cut benefits to unemployed workers and began borrowing from the federal government to shore up its unemployment trust fund, Gov. Peter Shumlin hit the send button Monday to pay the borrowed money back two years early.(   07/01/2013 3:42 PM )

  • Weather Service: Wettest 2-month record set in Vt.

    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- All that rainfall in Vermont has set a record.(   07/01/2013 10:34 AM )

  • Vigil to be held for missing NH woman

    CHARLESTOWN, N.H. (AP) -- The family and friends of a missing New Hampshire woman are planning a candlelight vigil.(   07/01/2013 9:22 AM )

  • Plans in works to expand Mt. Snow airport

    DOVER, Vt. (AP) -- The new owner of the decaying Mount Snow Airport wants to renovate it to bring more visitors to the region.(   07/01/2013 8:18 AM )

  • Judge rules against Vt. firefighter

    WALLINGFORD, Vt. (AP) -- A federal judge has rejected a former fire department captain's request to exclude statements he made to police about nearly two dozen suspicious wildfires set in a Vermont town in 2008.(   07/01/2013 7:58 AM )

  • Vt. man arrested in NH on home invasion charge

    KEENE, N.H. (AP) -- A man has been arrested in New Hampshire on an assault charge stemming from a home invasion in Vermont in May.(   07/01/2013 7:36 AM )

  • Soggy strawberry crop in Vt. after heavy rain

    COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) -- A rainy June has made for a mushy strawberry crop for some farmers in Vermont.(   07/01/2013 7:25 AM )

  • Vt. town appoints former Burlington cop as chief

    COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) -- A 23-year-veteran Vermont police officer is going to become chief of police in the Town of Colchester.(   07/01/2013 4:42 AM )

  • Coolidge's birthday celebrated in Vt. on July 4th

    PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont historic site will celebrate the birth of the country and the 30th president on the Fourth of July.(   07/01/2013 4:23 AM )

  • New England churches seek fossil fuel divestment

    BOSTON (AP) -- Many mainline Protestant churches in New England say unlimited coal, oil, and gas production are immoral and are asking their denominations to divest from fossil fuel companies.(   06/30/2013 4:13 PM )

  • Man's body recovered from Vermont pond

    EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A 37-year-old Vermont man's body has been recovered from a small pond after he went missing while swimming.(   06/30/2013 1:54 PM )

  • A sampling of 89 new Vt. laws passed this year

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont lawmakers passed 89 new statutes this year, and dozens of them take effect with the start of the new fiscal year July 1. Among them:(   06/30/2013 12:59 PM )

  • Northern Pass to submit revised route plan to feds

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Officials with the Northern Pass project plan to soon file an amended route with the federal government to begin the review process needed to build a 187-mile power transmission line moving energy from Canada into New England.(   06/30/2013 12:41 PM )

  • Lake Champlain bike ferry running in Vt. town

    COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) -- A ferry service for cyclists on the Colchester Causeway in Lake Champlain is back in business after a two-year absence caused by flood damage.(   06/30/2013 12:28 PM )

  • Vermont law firm manager charged with embezzlement

    BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- The former office manager of a well-known southern Vermont law firm has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling $200,000 from the firm.(   06/30/2013 12:11 PM )

  • Burlington airport lauded for yoga room

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- An international Hindu group is praising U.S. airports in Burlington and two other cities for hosting recently established yoga studios.(   06/30/2013 10:17 AM )

  • Vt. licensing office gets new digs

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont state office that regulates licensed professionals ranging from nurses to funeral directors is getting new quarters.(   06/30/2013 8:56 AM )

  • Vt. Cheesemakers' Festival July 21

    SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont's artisanal cheeses will be on display next month at the 5th annual Vermont Cheesemakers' Festival in Shelburne.(   06/30/2013 8:42 AM )

  • Parts of Vt. under flash flooding warning

    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Parts of Vermont are in for some more heavy rain, thunder and lightning and possible flash flooding.(   06/29/2013 4:54 PM )

  • Vt. farmer charged in pot trafficking ring

    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont farmer has been charged in a large marijuana trafficking ring involving drugs that federal officials believe were smuggled across the U.S.-Canadian border.(   06/29/2013 4:18 PM )

  • Applications out for Vt. muzzle loading deer hunt

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says hunters can apply online for muzzleloader antlerless deer hunting permits.(   06/29/2013 3:02 PM )

  • Vt. police to crack down on drunken drivers

    MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) -- Law enforcement officers in Lamoille County plan to be out in force to make the roads safe during the Fourth of July holiday week.(   06/29/2013 2:11 PM )