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Winchester town clerk pleads guilty to filling out fake marriage license involving deceased 鈥榞room鈥�Longtime Winchester town official Jim Tetreault will avoid jail time, but is losing his notarial license, after completing a fraudulent marriage certificate. -
The consequences have been crippling for the Blue Hills Civic Association, which was forced to lay off nearly all its staff earlier this month. -
The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act would create a new tax credit to developers, incentivizing them to build and restore homes in communities with high poverty rates and low homeownership. -
Watch as winter's monochrome fades to dashes of color. -
Cars and climate change have made life harder for key species that provide nutrients for creatures all around New England and sequester carbon in soil. -
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed off on a long-planned experiment that aims to fight climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in the ocean for thousands of years. -
The law, which took effect last November, requires all first-time registrants to present documents to prove their citizenship 鈥� representing the strictest voter registration policies in the country. -
If you鈥檝e spent a lot of time outdoors in New England, you鈥檝e likely crossed paths with, and probably stepped on, lichens. This mysterious indicator species plays an important role of the bottom of the food chain, and is also a habitat for other microorganisms. -
At a hearing Wednesday, a federal court judge said he would consider Mahdawi's potential release next week. Mahdawi is a student at Columbia University who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Colchester following a citizenship interview this month. -
Ozone smog and daily particle pollution worsened in the New Haven, Hartford and the Waterbury metro area. -
Your finished basement might feel cozy, but if it lacks a second exit, it could be a deadly fire trap. West Haven officials explain how to stay safe 鈥� and legal. -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested and detained eight workers at Pleasant Valley Farms on Monday, according to the dairy farm owners and an organization that represents migrant farmworkers.
