Editorial Roundup: New England

Hearst Connecticut Media. September 15, 2023. Editorial: Editorial: CT’s ‘kids cabinet’ has potential to help address mental health crisis Connecticut’s lawmakers are in a race with children, and they have a lot of catching up to do. Children...

Governors, Biden administration push to quadruple efficient heating, AC units by 2030

A group of 25 state governors that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance and the Biden administration announced a pledge Thursday to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030, from 4.7 million to 20 million. Heat pumps use little electricity, yet are able to heat and cool...

Bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers propose ranked-choice voting and top-five primaries

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers on Wednesday revived a push to implement ranked-choice voting and nonpartisan blanket primaries in the battleground state. Under the new bill, candidates for the U.S. House and Senate would compete in a single statewide...

A top Maine Republican leader, a lobsterman, survives boat capsize from giant wave ahead of Lee

Like most lobstermen, the Maine House Republican leader scrambled to complete his work ahead of the remnants of Hurricane Lee. Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham was rushing home from sea when a giant wave rose up, seemingly from nowhere, and towered over his boat. Moments later, he and...

Maine man who disappeared after driving wife to work found trapped in truck in New Hampshire woods

SANFORD, Maine (AP) — A man from Maine who was reported missing was found after being trapped for two days in his pickup truck in a muddy, wooded area in New Hampshire, authorities said. Robert Brown, 65, of Sanford, Maine, drove his wife to work about 15 miles (24.1 kilometers)...

Atlantic storm Lee delivers high winds and rain before forecasters call off all warnings

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee — which made landfall at near-hurricane strength, bringing destructive winds and torrential rains to New England and Maritime Canada — kept weakening Sunday after officials withdrew warnings and predicted the storm would disappear early this week. ...

Thousands without power and 1 dead after Atlantic storm Lee pummels New England and Maritime Canada

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee pummeled a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada with destructive winds, rough surf and torrential rains that toppled trees, flooded roadways and cut power to tens of thousands on Saturday. One person was killed in Maine when a tree limb fell...

Maine motorist killed when large tree limb falls on his vehicle; first fatality attributed to Atlantic storm Lee

Forecasters say Hurricane Lee weakens to post-tropical cyclone heading toward New England and eastern Canada

Hurricane Lee targets New England and eastern Canada with wind, roiling seas and rain

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Fishermen removed lobster traps from the water and residents hauled hundreds of boats ashore — leaving some harbors looking like ghost towns — while utility workers from as far away as Tennessee began taking up positions Friday ahead of Hurricane Lee’s heavy winds,...