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PM News Links: Boston plans big victory parade for Bruins, Holyoke Fire Chief...
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has surged to a clear lead in the Republican race for the presidential nomination, but his party's attacks on President Obama's economic stewardship have yet to...
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Connecting Point: Lucy Soto-Abbe defends her appointment to the Massachusetts...
Lucy Soto-Abbe discussed her appointment to the state parole board. She has come under some criticism for being too tough on criminals. MA Parole Board from WGBY on Vimeo. Lucy Soto-Abbe discussed her...
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Neal spoke at a press conference in Court Square in downtown Springfield Thursday. Watch video U.S. Rep. Richard Neal made the case for prioritizing disaster relief spending at a press conference in...
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Anthony Weiner resigns from Congress in wake of sexting scandal
Weiner apologized again for "the embarrassment that I have caused" and said he hoped to continue to fight for the causes dear to his constituents. Associated PressAnthony Weiner speaks to the media...
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Reduction in Massachusetts work force helps lead to 7.6% unemployment rate...
The state lost a total of 4,000 jobs in May, 2,600 of them in government, according to figures released Thursday by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. This is an updated version...
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Juror in Salvatore DiMasi corruption trial says evidence against Richard...
The juror said the seven women and five men who made up the jury were “a really good team.” Associated Press photoFormer Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi squeezes between two parked news...
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Holyoke Fire Commission sets emergency meeting on embattled acting Fire Chief...
Mayoral candidate Daniel Boyle has requested a district attorney investigation because he questions Mayor Elaine Pluta's impartiality. Holyoke acting Fire Chief William P. Moran HOLYOKE – The Fire...
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UMass President Jack Wilson forwards Chancellor Rober Holub's letter...
President Wilson said he can't promise Holub's final evaluation will be complete before Wilson's term ends June 30. Photo by Dave Roback UMass Chancellor Robert C. Holub, back listens to UMass...
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Federal disaster centers scheduled to open to help Western Massachusetts...
Local, state and federal officials praised President Barack Obama for the speed of the federal disaster declaration. Watch video Photo by Mark M. Murray / The RepublicanGov. Deval Patrick checks out...
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Lawmakers mock Obama claim on Libya hostilities
House Speaker John Boehner threatened to withhold money for the mission, pitting a Congress eager to exercise its power of the purse against a dug-in White House. Associated PressRebel fighters fire...
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Democrats criticize Mitt Romney for 'I'm also unemployed' joke
Romney made the comment while criticizing President Barack Obama's economic plan to a small group of business owners and unemployed workers at a Tampa coffee shop. Associated PressRepublican...
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2011 Valley Food Championship Pizza Playoffs: Judges visit Antonio's in Amherst
The judges visited the Amherst pizzeria to compare it to Joe's Cafe in Northampton. Watch video Another day and another pizzeria. The judging of the 2011 Valley Food Championship Pizza Playoffs moved...
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Better-than-expected home building, jobs reports push Dow up 64 points
Worries that Greece’s debt troubles could spread continued to weigh on financial markets. Associated Press photoCustomers walk to a Kroger grocery store, in Cincinnati, last week. Kroger Co. reported...
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Cynthia Anzalotti stepping down as president of CityStage, Symphony Hall
After 12 years of managing the downtown Springfield theaters, she will relocate to South Carolina. Cynthia J. Anzalotti is stepping down as president of the Springfield Performing Arts Development...
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Here is how Western Massachusetts tornado victims can apply for federal aid
Those in need can start seeking federal aid immediately. View full sizeFile photo by John Suchocki / The RepublicanThis is an aerial view of homes damaged by the June 1 tornado taken the day after the...
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Prudential Insurance requests court ruling over claim involving Granby murder...
About 18 months after Annamarie Cochrane Rintala was found murdered, her family believes the case will be solved. Republican file photoMonsignor George A. Farland speaks at the funeral for Annamarie...
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Beatriz Fuentes of Springfield helps launch push for primary enforcement of...
It's been five years since the state Legislature even took a roll call vote on a primary seat belt law. Beatriz Fuentes, shown on the left, with her daughter, Natalie, who was killed in a car crash in...
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Holyoke candidates Alex Morse, Dan Boyle and Dan Burns question Mayor Elaine...
The mayor has refused to release the names of the three finalists for police chief, but said she will hire a new chief by late June. Staff file photosRunning for the office of mayor in Holyoke in 2011...
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Monson farmers' market at the First Church is back in business
The farmers' market will be open Thursdays, from 3 to 7 p.m., through mid-October at the First Church of Monson on High Street. The Republican | Lori Stabile06.16.2011 | MONSON - Crystal M. Rondeau,...
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Holyoke City Council committee to discuss traffic change requiring complete...
Drivers had become used to the nearly constant green light on Hampden Street leading up to Lincoln Street. File photo | The RepublicanHolyoke City Hall. HOLYOKE – A recent traffic change that requires...
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