Prosecutors weave a complicated case involving the death of the man’s grandfather, his mother’s missing body, a $7 million inheritance and charges of fraud.
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Man denies killing mother at sea to inherit family’s estate
Nathan Carman was found in an inflatable raft 8 days after leaving a Rhode Island marina to go fishing with his mother, who was never found.
MIT researchers propose fighting Lyme by releasing mice on Nantucket
They want to release hundreds of thousands of native white-footed mice engineered to resist the bacteria that causes Lyme in an effort to slow disease transmission.
National Guard rescues injured backcountry snowboarder in New Hampshire
A Blackhawk helicopter lowered a medic onto the slope and the injured man was hoisted aboard.
Three arrested in connection with fentanyl overdose death in New Hampshire
One was arrested April 4 in Conway and the others were arrested April 9 and April 12 in Maine.
Fourth person pleads guilty in New England counterfeit check scheme
Banks, including in Maine, were cheated out of a total of almost $500,000.
Parents charged with leaving toddler in cold car while skiing in Vermont
Police said ski resort records show they rode the ski lift 10 times and that it was 28 degrees Fahrenheit and windy outside.
Maine man accused of burning Massachusetts church in racist attack
A federal grand jury has indicted a Houlton man in a 2020 blaze that damaged the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Church in Springfield.
New England fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program
The federal government requires herring fishing boats to participate in, and pay for, at-sea monitoring programs.
Wreck in Rhode Island is explorer James Cook’s ship, Aussies say
However, archaeologists in the U.S. say those findings are premature and a breach of contract in their joint research.