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Over a dozen nurses at St. Luke's Hospital marched to Keith Hovan's office Friday morning, formally requesting voluntary recognition for their right to unionize.

Lt. Governor Karyn Polito joined members of the legislative delegation and local leaders Thursday in cutting the ribbon inside the new refrigerated warehouse at the New Bedford State Pier. State officials say the refrigerated facility will serve as a central hub in the Northeast for imported clementines and other perishables which are distributed throughout the Northeast and Canada...

If you are planning to spent the winter in Southern California or in the desert Southwest dry, warm breezes await you.  The rest of the country, not so much.  AccuWeather says the rest of the nation can anticipate the winter weather abyss.

Eversource has withdrawn contracts that made up the Access Northeast project. The project was placed into jeopardy last week after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the company could not fund the project through ratepayer increases...

The harsh New England winter is dragging down the regional economy as consumers spend more on heating their homes rather than on electronics, clothes or a dinner out.       The National Energy Assistance Directors' Association says the average winter heating bill in New England is expected to climb nearly $300, to about $1,700, up from $1,400 last winter...

Residents in the Northeast are getting a one-two punch of snow and bitter cold.  A winter storm has dumped over a foot of snow in some areas and now dangerously cold temperatures are settling in.  Parts of the Atlantic coast are getting wind gusts over 30 miles-per-hour and temps have dropped into the single digits across much of New York.  ...

At least 13 deaths have been blamed on a winter storm that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow in finger-numbing temperatures in parts of the Northeast.       Light, fluffy snow meant an easier time digging out than it might have been Friday. The...

Just when everyone thought that we were out of the woods, another big storm is set to slam the North East, and we could some snow and cold weather coming with it.