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Archive of Massachusetts on Monday November 02, 2009
MA: State cuts put holes in dental program
CAPE COD, Mass. -- Program organizers hope ... patients served by Cape Cod Dentist Care never find out. But they say the program is running out of money since the state ceased funding it as of June 30. Read More
MA: Tribes seek halt to proposed Cape Cod wind farm
MASHPEE, Mass. — From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion. Read More
MA: New transit merger faces a few snarls
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority runs a sophisticated control room in South Boston, where 60 feet of video monitors display real-time views from 550 traffic cameras across the state. Read More
MA: Banks, collection firms pursue claims after homes foreclosed
Hank Lane figured that when he lost his Groton home to foreclosure in 2008, at least his long-running financial nightmare had come to an end. He was wrong. Read More
MA: Nantucket scallopers hope for bumper crop
NANTUCKET, Mass. — Fishermen motoring into Nantucket Harbor today for opening day of commercial scalloping season hope bountiful harvest projections will pan out, and wipe from memory last year's acrimonious winter of paltry catches and controversial regulations. Read More
MA: Legislature eyes crackdown on toxics
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering tighter restrictions on the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products as a way to encourage the use of safer alternatives. Read More
ME: Ground beef recall linked to illness in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine -- A New York-based manufacturer is recalling about 456,00 pounds of ground beef products after people become ill in Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts, according to the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service. Read More
Spending limits, gambling top fiscal 2009 ballot measures
 The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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