GOP chairman demands Anthony Weiner resign
House ethics rules state that members must comport themselves in a manner befitting their office. Associated PressU.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., reacts during a news conference in New York, Monday,...
View ArticleSpringfield city councilors praise resiliency, generosity in wake of tornado
The City Council also approved an internet cafe on Cooley Street, but the vote has been challenged as legally invalid by Law Department and city clerk SPRINGFIELD – City councilors this week praised...
View ArticleChicopee budget to be tight, but no layoffs expected
The School Committee is expecting a budget of about $74 million for next year. Republican file photo CHICOPEE – No layoffs are expected and services would mostly continue as they are next year,...
View ArticleChicopee stabbing victim suffers serious injuries
The incident was reported about 2:15 a.m. CHICOPEE - Police are probing an early morning stabbing on Elcon Drive that sent a 31-year-old Springfield man to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with...
View ArticleU.S. Marshal John Gibbons to be featured speaker at Fruits of Labor awards...
Recipients include Charles Youmans, recruiter and community police advocate for the Springfield Police Department, and Arnold Cox, president and founder of ADC Prevention Services. Photo by Neil...
View ArticlePress release: Gov. Deval Patrick to join clergy for "Interfaith Tornado...
The service will be held at 6 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, located at 35 Chestnut Street. 06.02.2011 | SPRINGFIELD - Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno and Governor Deval Patrick tyour storm damage...
View ArticleConnecticut electricity tax could cost Massachusetts homeowners $26 million,...
Gov. Dannel Malloy recently approved a deal to tax electricity generators one quarter of one cent per kilowatt hour, or 25 cents per $100. Martha M. Coakley BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley is...
View ArticlePM News Links: NATO air strikes hit Libya, Obama's chief economic adviser...
A Ware woman was arrested for posing as a victim of last Wednesday's tornadoes. NATO air strikes hit Libyan capital of Tripoli [Courant.com] President Obama's chief economic adviser resigns to teach...
View ArticleNBC secures Olympic television rights through 2020
NBC won a three-way bidding contest against ESPN and Fox. LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — NBC retained its hold on U.S. Olympic television rights Tuesday in a four-games deal through 2020 worth nearly...
View ArticleObituaries today: Evelyn Foerster was Sunday School teacher, avid Red Sox fan
Obituaries from The Republican Evelyn (Beck) Foerster Evelyn Marie (Beck) Foerster, 97, of Longmeadow, passed away on Sunday June 5. She was born on July 7, 1913 in Warehouse Point, Conn., and worked...
View ArticleAmelia's Garden in Westfield to host free Musical Moments summer concert series
Musical acts include Dan Kane & Friends, Mike & Steve Pitoniak, Island Party Boys Band, Janet Ryan & Her Singing Stars, the Agawam Melody Band, and more. Watch video IF YOU GOEvent:...
View ArticleFormer Massachusetts Senate President Robert Travaglini makes surprise visit...
Travaglini said he came to the trial to show support for DiMasi. File photo / Associated PressThen Massachusetts Senate President Robert E. Travaglini, of Boston, left, shares a laugh with then...
View ArticleInterfaith healing service for victims, responders of tornadoes scheduled...
Gov. Deval Patrick set to speak along with representatives of all faiths. Republican photoTwo men inspect the tornado damage to the second floor bedroom of this home on Rosella Street monday afternoon...
View ArticleObama: No fears of double-dip recession
The president said the nation is on a solid but uneven path to recovery. Associated PressPresident Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take part in a joint news conference in the East...
View ArticleArthur Tucker receives burial service courtesy of friends and donations, with...
A bus driver found Arthur Tucker by the side of a road, and the driver was stunned to learn he knew Tucker. submitted photoArthur T. Tucker, who died April 8 and was buried Tuesday. SPRINGFIELD –...
View ArticleNorthampton firefighters protest salvage job at Laurel Park
The complaints were filed amid negotiations between the city and the union over health benefits. Northampton Fire Department ambulance. NORTHAMPTON – The city and the firefighters union are locked in...
View ArticleInterrogation following Northampton arson suspect Anthony Baye's arrest to be...
Citing extensive publicity about the fires, defense lawyers Thomas Lesser and David Hoose have asked that jurors be impaneled in Hampden County and transported to and from the Hampshire County...
View ArticleDarryl Thomas pleads not guilty in case where he was shot at by Springfield...
Officer Justin Walter said Thomas drove his Ford Explorer at him, and he shot at the vehicle to protect himself. Darryl Thomas SPRINGFIELD – A city man, shot in the arm by police in the South End late...
View ArticleFuneral scheduled for Angelica Guerrero of West Springfield, mother who...
Most of all, she was a loving mother to her two daughters, her obituary reads. Photo by Byron Smith / Boston HeraldJuan Guerrero consoles his daughter, Ibone, 15, in their hospital room at Baystate...
View ArticleHolyoke's Thomas Monahan dies while being 'Good Samaritan' at accident scene...
Thomas Monahan died from the impact a chain-reaction of crashes in a case state police are investigating. HOLYOKE – Thomas P. Monahan rushed outside to help, and wound up getting killed. A car that...
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