Sewage treatment systems operation
Boston Public Library to reopen next month

May. 27, 2021 09:21 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Public Library is scheduled to reopen next month after being closed to the public for more than a year because of the coronavirus...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. April 26, 2021. Editorial: Count matters The count is in, and it counted. ...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 07:25 AM EDT
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ March 23 The Herald-Dispatch on the $1.9...

FILE - In this Monday, July 27, 2020, file photo, farmer Joe Marszalkowski holds a prosthetic leg that he found the day before in a soybean field on his farm in West Addison, Vt. The leg was lost by double amputee Chris Marckres while skydiving on Saturday. (Jack Thurston/NECN and NBC10 Boston via AP, File)
'Calamari comeback,' topless voter: New England's weird 2020

By William J. Kole Dec. 28, 2020 08:58 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, July 27, 2020, file photo, farmer Joe Marszalkowski holds a prosthetic leg that he found the day before in a soybean field on his farm in West Addison, Vt. The leg was lost by double amputee Chris Marckres while skydiving on Saturday. (Jack Thurston/NECN and NBC10 Boston via AP, File)
'Calamari comeback,' topless voter: New England's weird 2020

By William J. Kole Dec. 23, 2020 09:00 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2017, file photo, electrical power flow and conditions are monitored at the California Independent System Operator (California ISO) grid control center in Folsom, Calif. A heat wave baking California in triple-digit temperatures continued to strain the electrical system Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. But Saturday afternoon, the California ISO, which manages the power grid, said that it did not need to order power outages because the grid was able to handle consumer demand. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Power back in California after brief rolling blackouts

By Daisy Nguyen Aug. 15, 2020 05:21 PM EDT

Sewage to be tested to determine prevalence of virus

Jul. 24, 2020 08:11 AM EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A water district in Maine is collecting sewage samples for testing to determine the prevalence of the coronavirus based on what's being...

In this undated photo provided by Biobot in June 2020, a technician holds a wastewater sampling tube. Across the U.S. and in Europe, researchers and health officials say they can track the course of a community outbreak by studying the waste flushed from its bathrooms. And that can provide a valuable addition to public health tools, they say. (Biobot via AP)
Waste-watching: Sewage can help track pandemic virus trends

By Malcolm Ritter Jul. 06, 2020 07:06 AM EDT

In this Monday, May 25, 2020 photo a person walks past a storm drain with discarded gloves and other trash in Philadelphia. Between mid-March, when the city’s stay-at-home order was issued, and the end of April, most of the 19 sewer and storm water pumping stations in Philadelphia had experienced clogs from face masks, gloves and wipes residents had pitched into the potty, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Epidemic of wipes and masks plagues sewers, storm drains

By Claudia Lauer And John Flesher Jun. 04, 2020 01:17 AM EDT