Billboard to host new gun-control 'ad' (Boston Globe)

19 August 2008, 12:21 am

The gun-control activist whose provocative billboards have been turning heads along the Massachusetts Turnpike for 13 years today will unveil one of his most eye-popping messages yet - a fake neon advertisement for American gun shows where people can buy weapons, no questions asked.... read more

Did Gov. Patrick break monopoly that police has over traffic details? (New England Cable News)

18 August 2008, 4:40 pm

(NECN) - The ink is barely dry on some of the bills that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed, and a few that he vetoed, at the end of the 2008 legislative session -- and now, the governor is busy with the speech that he will give at Barack Obama's convention. Meanwhile, the state reps... read more

News and Views from Other Islands (The Block Island Times)

18 August 2008, 12:09 pm

Haven for mainland medical treatment SHETLAND ISLANDS, SCOTLAND — Island residents are helping raise funds for a $6 million haven in Aberdeen for patients and relatives from outlying islands and areas receiving cancer treatment at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.... read more

Portland Police Make Arrest in Cold Murder Case (FOX 23 Maine)

18 August 2008, 5:13 am

Portland police arrest and charge 46-year-old Steven Richard Cutting, who allegedly confessed to the 1995 fatal shooting of William Greenwood. (Provided by News 13)... read more

Nine indicted by grand jury (Portsmouth Herald)

18 August 2008, 3:12 am

PORTSMOUTH and#8212; Nine people who were arrested by Portsmouth police were indicted by the most recent Rockingham County Superior Court grand jury on a variety of charges. They are as follows:... read more

Week in review (Portsmouth Herald)

17 August 2008, 3:10 am

Sex offender arraigned: Child rapist Jeremy "Jay" Semprebon was charged with five felonies during his arraignment in Portsmouth District Court on Thursday, alleging he failed to disclose his sex-offender status to his employer, AIDS Response-Seacoast,...... read more