Boston

Everett man arrested for road rage

A 20-year-old Everett man was arrested Friday after an apparent road rage incident on the Charlestown Bridge, according to Boston police. Travis Elsaadi was charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon for allegedly striking a man driving a scooter with a metal baseball bat. Police responded to a report just before 9 a.m. that a driver had left his car and was attacking the man. Officer Rachel McGuire, a Boston police spokeswoman, said the suspect was “driving erratically’’ and had thrown coins and attempted to spit on the victim before cutting him off near Causeway Street. The victim, identified only as a 49-year-old man, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Fitchburg

Teen bicyclist dies after crash

A teenage boy died early Saturday morning from injuries he suffered when his bicycle collided with a vehicle in Fitchburg earlier in the week. The 17-year-old was riding his bicycle on Boutelle Street when the crash occurred around 5:15 p.m. Thursday, said Fitchburg Police Captain Harry Hess. The boy was airlifted to the hospital. He died at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester at 2:58 a.m. Saturday, Hess said.

Montpelier

Man charged with hate crime

A 48-year-old Burlington man is facing a hate crime charge that he threatened the state’s Democratic Party chairman, who is Muslim. Christopher Hayden has been charged with disturbing the peace by electronic means, with a hate crime enhancement, Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George told Vermont Public Radio. Hayden has been released on conditions. Faisal Gill, believed to be the country’s first Muslim chairperson of a state political party, says he received three threatening e-mails in May. The messages are peppered with racial and religious epithets, and call Gill an ‘‘agent for creeping sharia law’’ who should ‘‘get out (of Vermont) or we will make you wish you did.’’ (AP)

Hartford

Malloy calls bankruptcy ‘last resort’

Governor Dannel P. Malloy says he still believes filing for bankruptcy protection should be a ‘‘last resort’’ for Connecticut’s capital city. The Democrat said Friday he has not received a request from Hartford officials to sign off on a bankruptcy filing, as required by law. City officials announced Thursday they've retained Greenberg Traurig LLP, a law firm founded in Miami, to provide legal services as Hartford evaluates its restructuring options. Hartford leaders are hoping to persuade state lawmakers to provide them with $40 million in additional state aid. The General Assembly, however, has not yet passed a new budget for the fiscal year that began July 1. (AP)

Warwick, R.I.

Heavy truck staying put on highway

The state Department of Transportation says a flatbed truck that was stopped on the side of Interstate 95 because it’s too heavy for any bridges in the state is staying put for now. The 16-axle truck carrying a 560,000-pound generator has been stuck in Warwick since last Friday. The state’s maximum allowable load without a permit is 80,000 pounds. The truck was supposed to be transported to Medway, Mass., Friday evening. But the agency says it was unable to reach an agreement with Bay Crane Northeast, the company transporting the oversized load, over who would cover costs related to the move. (AP)

Providence

Keel laid for attack submarine

The keel of the nation’s 20th Virginia-class attack submarine named for Oregon is being laid at the manufacturing plant for General Dynamics’ Electric Boat. The milestone was marked Saturday at a Rhode Island shipyard. The future USS Oregon is expected to cost about $2.7 billion and be delivered to the Navy in November 2019. (AP)