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As immigration arrests surged this summer, ICE held detainees for extended periods of time in its field office in Burlington, Mass. Two women who spent more than a week inside discuss the "horrible" conditions they endured.
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For the first time in history, the median price of a single-family home in Greater Boston has surpassed $1 million, according to new data released by the Greater Boston Association of Realtors.
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Advocates say a growing number of immigrants are seeking ways to grant privileges to family or friends willing to care for their children in case families are separated.
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At peak hours during this week's heat wave, solar panels on homes, businesses, parking lots and alongside roads are helping relieve stress on the electric grid.
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Leslie Trundy at Morse High School in Bath, Maine has been piloting a program that takes kids out into nature rather than sitting inside for a traditional detention.
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte did not personally attend, but she sent the state's Commissioner of the Department of Business and Economic Affairs to represent New Hampshire.
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The home addresses of all 424 legislators were removed for the time being from the state’s website over the weekend. The General Court’s security director has asked state and local police to make themselves aware of where legislators live.
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The region has the highest rate of Lyme disease in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Offices housing the U.S. Geological Survey's New England Water Science Center and the regional headquarters of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not close at the end of the summer. The agencies still face steep budget cuts under the Trump administration's budget proposal.
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A New England group joined a national bird count to spread the joy of birding and make it more accessible to everyone.
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ICE is detaining immigrants in a Burlington office park building that wasn't designed as a holding facility. Lawyers say conditions there are "abysmal" and "unsanitary."
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The Drap D'Or de Bretagna — or Golden Cloth of Brittany, in French, is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen in North America.