New England Solar Eclipse Coverage

Sean MacBride set up his telescope behind the sports fields of Burlington High School to contribute to a NASA project that aims to help scientists better understand the interactions between the sun's surface and atmosphere.

Businesses in the path of totality reaped the financial benefits of eclipse crowds and hope it has a lasting impact on visitors.

The parking lot of the Green Mountain Mall in St. Johnsbury was opened up to eclipse watchers, including some RVs that were parked there overnight.

All eyes were pointed at the sky at about 3:30 p.m. Monday for the total eclipse. But for a group of students and faculty from the University of Maine, the big moment came nearly two hours earlier.

Across Wabanaki territory, which is now known as Maine, tribal nations were recognizing and reflecting on Monday's eclipse in their own ways.

The small town of roughly 6,000 isn't typically a top destination in Maine, but it heavily promoted itself as an ideal place to watch and planned a three-day festival.

With perfectly clear skies, people from across the country and world traveled to Maine to witness totality.

Thousands of visitors came to northern Vermont to see the eclipse under mostly clear skies, many having changed their plans at the last minute.

Visitors and residents took in a once-in-a-generation experience Monday. The next time New England will experience totality during a solar eclipse is in 2079.

Democrats on the legislature's appropriation committee passed amendments in the pre-dawn hours Saturday that aim to repurpose $11 million in surplus transportation funding this year, and $60 million in subsequent years, but the Mills administration fiercely opposes it.