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Obituaries today: Peter Pappas, 87, of Palmer, longtime veterans' agent for...
Obituaries from The Republican. Peter E. Pappas LUDLOW - Peter E. Pappas, 87, a longtime veterans' agent in Palmer and Ludlow, died at the Soldiers' Home of Holyoke on Wednesday. Born and educated in...
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Aircraft carrier that buried Osama bin Laden may host hoops games
Organizers say the Michigan State-North Carolina basketball game on Veterans Day will likely be played aboard the USS Carl Vinson. Associated PressA sailor who declined to give his name waves to a...
View ArticleBunk beds recalled after child's death
An Iowa boy died when his head and neck became entrapped and the weight of the futon's metal frame prevented him from breathing. WASHINGTON — About 30,000 bunk beds have been recalled because of the...
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Trial date set for Emilio Fusco, last of 4 to be charged in slaying of mob...
Fusco was arrested in Italy last year, but only extradited to the United States to face the charges last month. File photo / The RepublicanEmilio Fusco takes a smoke break during proceedings in 2001...
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Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo calls ban on gifts from...
The House this spring voted to pass a budget amendment repealing the ban on gifts over $50 from pharmaceutical and medical device companies to doctors. File photo by Dave Roback / The...
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Pleasant Street Video in Northampton to close after 25 years in business
The store's co-owner said it was impacted by the likes of Netflix. File photo by Brian TedderDana Gentes, a co-owner of Pleasant Street Video, is seen inside the store in 2009. NORTHAMPTON - After 25...
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Wall Street posts first winning week in 2 months
Germany softened its conditions for giving Greece more loans. Associated Press photoGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy shake hands after a press conference...
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Springfield reduces layoffs aided by vacancies and tradesmen union furloughs
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 includes $750,000 set aside to fill 18 vacant city jobs SPRINGFIELD – The city has significantly reduced the number of planned layoffs in Springfield by...
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Northampton City Council approves $93.5 million budget
Funding an additional first grade teacher at every school would cost about $200,000, Higgins said. Mayor Mary Clare Higgins. NORTHAMPTON - The City Council gave final approval Thursday to a relatively...
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Peter Pappas remembered for his generous spirit, love of Palmer
"There won't be another one like him," longtime friend George A. Backus said about former veterans agent Peter E. Pappas. File photo by Mark M. Murray / The RepublicanFormer Palmer veterans' agent,...
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Amanda Morisette becomes 2nd Ware resident charged in theft of items from...
Amanda Morisette stated that she returned everything that was taken and is "truly sorry for what happened. I wish I could take it all back." File photo by Don Treeger / The RepublicanThe steeple of...
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FEMA recovery centers open Saturday in Springfield, West Side to aid tornado...
FEMA will open 7 other recovery centers in communities harmed by the June 1 tornado in the next few days, an official said. Republican file photoA Federal Emergency Management Agency tornado recovery...
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Stanley Cup wager leads to new park bench for Westfield's Stanley Park
Stanley Park officials hope to schedule a Stanley Cup Day featuring the trophy and some Bruins' players. Robert C. McKean WESTFIELD – A friendly wager over the Stanley Cup finals will benefit Stanley...
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Springfield police bust man for allegedly robbing the same convenience store...
Police say Old Hill resident Fernando Bost, 20, of 187 Quincy St., robbed the same State Street convenience store twice in the span of four days -- on Saturday, June 11, and again on Tuesday, June 14....
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Holyoke police investigating armed robbery of Hampden Street convenience store
Police are investigating a possible armed robbery at T and T Mini Market, 869 Hampden St., around 1:30 p.m. Friday. The assailant possibly had a gun, according to a clerk, who was told to look away...
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Springfield firefighters extinguish Indian Orchard blaze that injured three,...
City firefighters extinguished a blaze reported at 1:06 a.m. Saturday at 110 Lorimer St., Indian Orchard. Three people were treated for smoke inhalation at Baystate Medical Center. Springfield Fire...
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Springfield police ID Stearns Square shooting victim as 34-year-old Gregory...
Police have identified the 34-year-old man who was shot shortly after 2 a.m. Friday in the city's Entertainment District as Gregory Lockhart of Manchester, Conn., who remains in serious condition at...
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Springfield police: stabbing victim 'uncooperative'
A man who showed up at Baystate Medical Center with a stab wound to the arm early Saturday morning isn't cooperating with police, whose investigations can go belly-up without help from victims and...
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AM News Links: Another Northampton business closing its doors; more mountain...
Another Northampton business closes its doors; More mountain lions seen in Connecticut; and more headlines. A smiley face is portrayed with 2,500 candles at a park in the Roppongi shopping district,...
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Where tornado-ravaged Western Massachusetts businesses can get help
The state has collected resources at www.mass.gov/stormrecovery which includes a link to a federal Small Business Administration slide show about available resources stemming from a disaster...
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