More Metro Headlines
Melrose fire chief placed on leave due to ‘alleged violation of city policy’
Fire Chief Ed Collina was placed on leave as of March 15, officials said.
Commuter rail train hits tractor-trailer in Littleton
There were no injuries, said Richard Sullivan, superintendent of the MBTA’s Transit Police. The truck sustained heavy damage.
AS I SEE IT
Malls once dead, find new life
Malls nearly destroyed America’s Main streets for the convenience of a free parking spot. Then the internet nearly destroyed malls for the ease of home delivery. But now some are slowly reinventing themselves in a different form.
Police investigating after body found in Casco Bay
The body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta, the spokesperson said. Police do not believe the death is suspicious.
NH POLITICS
Nine New Hampshire towns defeat bans on voting machines
At least 23 towns were considering a ban on voting machines after a conservative group organized a statewide effort to require hand counts in the name of election integrity.
Key takeaways from Maine commission on Lewiston mass shooter
The 30-page interim report found that authorities had cause to place the gunman in protective custody and take away his guns in the month before he killed 18 people.
Two teenagers held in lieu of $250,000 bail in connection with shooting death of high school student in Fall River
Xzavien Figueroa-Valcarel, 19, and Giovanni M. Nunes, 18, pleaded not guilty Monday on charges of accessory to murder after the fact in connection with the death of Colus Jamal Mills-Good, a student at the city’s Resiliency Preparatory Academy.
Cherry blooms hit peak bloom in Washington, D.C. See photos and watch live as they blossom.
Typically, peak bloom occurs in the end of March or in early April, but extraordinarily warm or cold temperatures can affect the sprouting of the flowers.