New England News Collaborative

Despite high gas prices and a slump in Canadian tourism over the past year, local businesses are feeling hopeful for the summer — and are getting creative, too.

Provincetown's Womencrafts has long been a safe space for residents and tourists alike. And its role is even more important today.

Rutland County’s free healthcare clinic is hitting the road this summer with a new van that will provide medical care to the county’s uninsured and underinsured, town by town.

New Hampshire's first outdoor alcohol zone in downtown Laconia launches this weekend, but revelers shouldn’t expect too wild a scene. For one thing, it ends at 8 p.m.

Lawmakers and historical enthusiasts celebrate the French hero of the American Revolution.

Experts hope a new floating wetland project will bring back natural “edge habitat” that disappeared when developers reshaped Boston’s perimeter with landfill and seawalls. Recreating those destroyed coastal environments can help protect cities as climate change brings rising sea levels, increases stormwater runoff and disrupts ecosystems.

Nearly 70% of participating faculty voted “yes” to the proposal to cap the amount of A’s to 20% of students enrolled in a class, plus four more due to the large portion of small seminar-style classes.

Forecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest.

New Hampshire still has strict regulations for PFAS in drinking water, but advocates say changes on the federal level will threaten public health locally and nationally. Another proposal would also delay implementing stricter limits for two forever chemicals.

Shark researchers will be turning their attention to a different part of the Cape this summer, in an effort to learn more about juvenile white sharks.