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BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey this week announced new actions to help Massachusetts families lower their heating and electric bills this winter. Healey declared a State of Energy Emergency and, through an executive order, is expanding eligibility for home heating assistance…
Providence councilors sent a proposed Flock camera and license plate reader ban to committee and approved three tax abatements 10-1 over objections about missing fiscal notes. A proposed ban on license plate readers, including Flock cameras, is now in committee, where…
Both sides in the dispute over a 100-unit affordable housing proposal in Woodbridge are locked into what could be a long-term wait because the developer took the unusual step of having a state agency — instead of the local wetlands board…
Architect Stanford White based Rosecliff's design on King Louis XIV's Grand Trianon palace in Versailles. The front facade of the Rosecliff Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. The mansion has ties to New Orleans. Rosecliff's ballroom is the largest in Newport,…
The biggest nickel-and-dime question in Connecticut politics today offers voters another sharp contrast between Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican challenger Ryan Fazio. Lamont supports keeping the current 10-cent redeemable deposit for cans and bottles, while Fazio favors going back to…
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an increasingly urgent warning Friday evening that Saturday morning may be the last opportunity to leave Hatteras and Ocracoke islands before a developing nor’easter brings potentially prolonged coastal flooding and transportation disruptions. The warning,…
The Outer Banks is bracing for another nor’easter expected to bring several days of hazardous coastal conditions beginning Saturday, Oct. 17, and continuing into next week. The National Weather Service (NWS) Newport/Morehead City office warns of ocean overwash, coastal flooding…
Nor'easters happen most often between September and April. Here we are in October, and the Outer Banks is facing its second one in about three weeks. Once again, coastal flooding and overwash of vulnerable portions of Highway 12 will be a…
According to forecasts published by Yahoo on October 16, wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph could affect areas from far southern New Jersey to Cape Lookout, North Carolina. The strongest gusts are expected between southeastern Virginia and the Outer Banks, where speeds…
Hyde County Emergency Management is urging residents, visitors, and property owners to leave Ocracoke Island by Saturday afternoon or prepare to be stranded through early to mid-next week as a long-duration nor’easter approaches. The storm is expected to begin affecting…