Patrick Whittle, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

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Read not guilty in officer death

by Michael Casey Associated Press, and Patrick Whittle Associated PressJune 18, 2025

DEDHAM, Mass. — A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Wednesday in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, a case that attracted legions of true crime followers who erupted in cheers when word of the acquittal spread outside court. The same jury found her guilty of […]

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Right whale population declines

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressMay 26, 2025

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Jurors hear testimony in second Karen Read trial

by Holly Ramer Associated Press, and Patrick Whittle Associated PressApril 29, 2025

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Maine earthquake startles folks across region

by Patrick Whittle Associated Press, and Michael Casey Associated PressJanuary 27, 2025

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It’s time for Northeast to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressFebruary 19, 2024

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Maine embarks on healing after mass killing suspect found dead

by Jake Bleiberg Associated Press, Patrick Whittle Associated Press, Holly Ramer Associated Press, and David Sharp Associated PressOctober 28, 2023October 28, 2023

The submersible vessel named Titan was used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic. On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard says the missing submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board.

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Coast Guard: Titan sub imploded near Titanic, killing 5 on board

by Patrick Whittle Associated Press, and Holly Ramer Associated PressJune 22, 2023

FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., on March 28, 2018. A federal appeals court has sided with commercial fishermen Friday, June 16, 2023, who say new restrictions aimed at saving the North Atlantic right whale, a vanishing species of whale, could put them out of business. The fishermen and the state of Maine appealed their case of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after losing in a...

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Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case anchored off New England

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressJune 16, 2023

A North Atlantic right whale surfaces on Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts, Monday, March 27, 2023. The protected species has been at the center of a longtime dispute between federal regulators and commercial fishing and shipping industries. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit # 21371)

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Landmark law saved whales through marine industries change

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressApril 15, 2023

This Feb. 26, 2023 photo courtesy of the Maine Warden Service, Maine Game Warden Brad Richard is shown with Angela Bussell and Kimberly Pushard. The two women were missing for several days and were found more than 150 miles from home in a rural part of the state. (Jonathan Parker/Maine Warden Service via AP)

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Women found in car in rural Maine after going missing 4 days

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressMarch 1, 2023