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By signing veteran center David Andrews to a contract extension, the Patriots continued to show they’re doing what they can to ensure a nurturing environment for their rookie QB.

Patriots veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett shared his first impressions of rookie QB Drake Maye and revealed that Maye has already reached out for help with New England’s offense.

A New Hampshire bill that would ban transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from teams that align with their gender identity is headed to the governor’s desk. The Republican-led Senate voted 13-10 along party lines Thursday in favor of a bill that would require schools to designate all teams as either girls, boys or coed, with eligibility determined ba...

Brad Marchand reacted to the Sam Bennett hit for the first time Thursday, and gave an update on whether he’ll play in Bruins-Panthers Game 6.

Phil Perry goes game by game on the Patriots’ 2024 schedule with his percentage odds for when rookie QB Drake Maye will make his season debut.

Attorneys for Steward Health Care want a federal judge to bless the company’s proposed process for selling or auctioning its 31 hospitals, including eight in Massachusetts, over the next seven weeks. A late Wednesday night filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court case that started last week proposes “global bidding and auction procedure...

Starting in September, Vermont will be able to grant professional licenses to people who meet the requirements, regardless of their immigration status, in a move supporters hope will ease Vermont’s labor shortage. Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed the bill into law on Monday. “We all know the challenges of our shrinking workforce and the need to ma...

Police are investigating the deaths of two swans that were apparently shot, officials in Westford, Massachusetts, said Thursday, asking for the public’s help in finding anything suspicious that might have taken place in the area. The swans were found Tuesday in a wooded area on the western side of Nabnasset Pond, according to Westford police....

Amazon’s Seaport tower first to use MIT spinout’s low-carbon cement

The Patriots’ longest-tenured player is staying put in New England. Here are the details on David Andrews’ reported contract extension.

BMC names top doc as first-ever president in leadership restructuring

A New Hampshire daycare owner and three of her employees are facing child endangerment charges for allegedly spiking kids’ food with melatonin without their parents’ knowledge or consent. Manchester police said the 52-year-old daycare owner Sally Dreckmann and 51-year-old Traci Innie, 23-year-old Kaitlin Filardo and 23-year-old Jessica ...

When will the Celtics begin the 2024 Eastern Conference Finals? Here’s every possible scenario for their potential opponent and full series schedule.