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Mainers are getting their first opportunity to legally buy marijuana for adult recreational use, but a supply shortage is a potential buzzkill. Retailers blame the pandemic and a limited number of licensed manufacturers for reducing the variety of products available on Friday, the opening day. Licenses were issued only a month ago. That didn’t dampen Matt Bourgeois’ enthusiasm for...

The New England Patriots-Denver Broncos game scheduled for Sunday has been pushed to Monday, marking the second time in two weeks that the Patriots have had a game postponed. The NFL confirmed the schedule change Thursday night, along with another one, as the Patriots and Tennessee Titans deal with multiple positive coronavirus tests on their teams. The Titans have 23…

New England Patriots star cornerback Stephon Gilmore has tested positive for COVID-19 and the team was not expected to practice on Wednesday. Gilmore, who won the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year last year, is the only active Patriots player who tested positive on Tuesday, the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported. Pelissero said GIlmore first tested positive on Tuesday...

Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has left them with breathing problems and other chronic illnesses, including cancer. They are fighting for health benefits, but say the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is turning its back on them. Veterans say everything...

Many folks have been spending more time outdoors during the pandemic, and fortunately there were fewer bugs around to bite them. Dry conditions across parts of the Northeast led to a dramatic drop in bitty biters like mosquitoes and ticks this summer, officials said. That’s leading to an anticipated reduction in bug-borne diseases. In Maine, the preliminary number of...

New England is no stranger to piles of snow being dumped onto the region each winter. Take a look at some of the worst storms to hit in modern history.

A new report says that nearly 12,000 children in New England have tested positive for the coronavirus through July 30. Massachusetts had the bulk of the childhood COVID cases, with 6,903, followed by Connecticut at 2,497 and Rhode Island with 1,616. New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont had fewer than 1,000 childhood coronavirus cases combined, according to the report from the…

Tropical Storm Fay is bringing rain and wind to the northeast on Friday, with storm conditions expected through the weekend.

President Donald Trump has rolled back protections at a marine conservation area off the New England coast

Portions of both Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun will reopen on that date with new safety guidelines in place, including the wearing of personal protective equipment and social distancing guidelines.

On Saturday, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection had to close down several state parks after reaching capacity early in the morning. DEEP is anticipating that they will have to take similar action on Sunday.

It’s been over two months since the first case of coronavirus was announced in New England, and on Thursday, the tally rose above 100,000. State health departments across the region reported a total of 102,541 people have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. There have been 6,253 deaths associated with the virus in New England as…

The Ivy League is cancelling all spring athletics due to the coronavirus outbreak. After announcing Tuesday that it would cancel conference basketball tournaments to prevent the COVID-19 spread, the Ivy League announced in a statement on Wednesday that it will cancel all spring athletics practices and competition throughout the remainder of the academic year. “With further developments in the outbreak…

The Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, takes a specialized approach to helping each pet find the right home. Volunteer Kim Melanson says it’s not about a pet’s physical appearance, it’s about their personality and the shelter works hard to match each dog or cat with the right family.

NBC Connecticut is looking at climate change and its impact on our state.

Check out Connecticut’s only professional lacrosse team play at Mohegan Sun.

In recent years there has been an increase in shark sightings in New England. While beachgoers aren’t too happy to be sharing the waters with great whites, the rise in shark sightings is actually something of a success story, and it’s up to us to find a way to co-exist.

Sales Manager Wade Mattesen told us about the new house they created for Santa on the New Haven Green.

Taylor got a lesson in tap dance at Ohana School of Performing Arts in Chicopee, MA.