New York state lawmakers couldn’t approve marijuana legalization this session, and the legislature is now considering a back-up bill that would expand access to the drug for medical reasons and decriminalize its possession for recreational purposes. As the legislature planned …
From broccoli to the board room, Lance Smith has cultivated a reputation for collaboration, hard work and common sense. A partner in Smith’s Farm, the largest producer of broccoli and one of the largest growers of cauliflower in the East, …
An explosion leveled a home in New Jersey on Monday, injuring the lone occupant, who was pulled from the burning rubble by an off-duty police officer and first responders. Heavy flames and a large plume of smoke rose from the …
Vermont dairy farmers can now sign up for an improved insurance program to help them when the gap between milk prices and feed prices reaches a certain level. The new insurance program was created as part of the 2018 farm …
Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) has elected Bruce Blum of Somerset, N.J., president at the association’s annual business meeting at Harrah’s in Atlantic City. Blum is owner of Blum & Walsh Group Inc., a division of T.E. Freuler …
New York Senator Chuck Schumer plans to call on the Army Corps of Engineers to provide funding for repairs to flood-ravaged infrastructure at Little Sodus Bay Harbor on Lake Ontario. A pier and a barrier bar began to collapse in …
Transit officials say the operator of a Red Line train that derailed in Boston this week was not at fault in the mishap. An MBTA spokesman tells The Boston Globe that the investigation into last Tuesday’s derailment, the second within …
President Donald Trump has made a disaster declaration for Vermont’s Bennington, Essex, Orange, Rutland, Washington and Windsor counties for flooding in April. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says a preliminary assessment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency identified more than $2 …
Authorities in Boston say a fire that started at a vacant property and spread to nearby homes likely caused millions of dollars in damages. The Boston Fire Department tweeted that the cause of Saturday evening’s nine-alarm fire on the border …
A New Jersey man who owned moving companies has admitted cheating customers by low-balling estimates and then jacking up prices once the goods were on his trucks. Rami Zubidat of Clifton on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy …
