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The traffic on 93 South was hardly moving.

One big parking lot

“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. Grossfeld relates a story we can all relate to - Boston traffic.

Artist’s family strikes deal to stay in Provincetown dune shack for five more years
Following weeks of negotiations, a pro bono legal team representing Salvatore Del Deo, working with Interior Department representatives, struck a deal that allows his family to continue to occupy the shack.

Report recommends rooftops, parking lots for solar installations in Massachusetts
Research from Mass Audubon and Harvard Forest found that construction of ground-mounted solar arrays has wiped away thousands of acres of forests.

N.H. man convicted of running unlicensed bitcoin business gets 8-year prison sentence

A federal judge has sentenced libertarian activist and radio show host Ian Freeman to eight years in prison for running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business and fined him at least $40,000

RI EDUCATION
State agency proposes $2 million bump for Early Intervention amid long waits for RI infants and toddlers
The request, which came days after a Globe Rhode Island and RI PBS investigation, is less than what was recommended by the Office of Health Insurance Commissioner last month, and also below what early childhood advocates have asked for in order to shore up the program.

Jury selected for trial of Logan Clegg, man accused of killing retired couple in Concord, N.H., opening statements Tuesday
A jury was selected Monday in the highly anticipated trial of Logan L. Clegg, a drifter who allegedly killed a retired Concord, N.H., couple on a hiking trail near their home last year, paving the way for opening statements in the case on Tuesday morning, officials said.

PROVIDENCE
Downtown Providence grocer Rory’s closes its doors, a year after opening
Rory’s Market + Kitchen was the first grocer to open in downtown Providence in decades.

Weymouth hiker helped down Mount Monadnock after becoming lost, officials say
The hiker was in an area "with minimal to no trails,” officials said.

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RI FOOD & DINING

Del's released a new apple cider flavor that was so popular, it sold out after three days.

Del’s Lemonade replenishes newly released apple cider flavor

The new flavor has been so popular, many locations sold out. 11:50 a.m.

Men take cellphone pictures of the melted siding on 20 Sutton Street in Mattapan.

Fire damages two homes in Mattapan

The fire spread to the home next door, displacing six adults and seven children. They all got out of the house safely, fire officials said. 10:46 a.m.

RI FOOD & DINING

The Riffraff Bookstore + Bar in Providence was sold to Ottavia De Luca (left) and Lucas Mann (right), two long-time West End residents who have been going to the bookstore since before it opened in 2017.

Providence’s beloved Riffraff bookstore and bar have new owners that plan on keeping it just the same

Just three months after it hit the market for $250,000, the ever-popular RiffRaff Bookstore and Bar in Providence’s West End neighborhood has been purchased by Ottavia De Luca and Lucas Mann. 10:39 a.m.

NH EDUCATION

English professor Donna Decker listens as a student gives a presentation on a banned book at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Professor of banned books warns: It’s ‘dangerous’ not to read

Literary fiction offers an essential source of empathy, Franklin Pierce University professor Donna M. Decker notes as Banned Book Week begins. 9:52 a.m.

RHODE MAP

Rhode Island’s role in ousting (or keeping) Speaker McCarthy

House Democrats -- including Representative Seth Magaziner -- will play a major role in deciding whether GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy keeps his leadership post. 9:50 a.m.

INNOVATOR Q&A

A collage of sustainable submissions to the first Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Design Lab in 2022.

RISD joins effort started by King Charles to put climate, people at center of business

The Rhode Island School of Design has joined the Terra Carta Design Lab, which provides a practical roadmap toward a more sustainable future for people and the planet. 6:00 a.m.

Woman, 29, found dead on shore of Merrimack River in New Hampshire in ‘possible drowning’

At around noon, a homeowner reported finding the body of a woman later identified as Ashlee Krauss, of Manchester, officials said. 10:22 p.m.

Andrea Fiorillo, a librarian at Reading Public Library, brought her own book, "The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, as a handful of people gathered on the rear lawn of Arlington’s Robbins Library for a read-in to kick off Banned Books Week.

Statewide ‘read-ins’ highlight attempts to censor books in schools, libraries

Libraries across the commonwealth are inviting community members to read challenged books in public as part of a statewide “Let Freedom Read” series. More than 70 such events are being planned across the state this week. 6:48 p.m.