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Investigators: Murky water hid Marie Joseph's dead body in Fall River pool...
The Bristol County DA's office said Joseph's body was submerged at the bottom of the 12-foot-deep end of the pool while people swam there. Associated PressThis Sunday, June 26, 2011 photo provided by...
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Brimfield Fire Chief Steven Denning placed on paid administrative leave
The selectmen are not discussing reasons for removing Denning, and have appointed Lt. Fred Piechota as acting chief. BRIMFIELD – After placing Fire Chief Steven J. Denning on paid administrative leave...
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Mater Dolorosa parishioners continue vigil in Holyoke
Victor Anop, of Chicopee, a longtime member of Mater Dolorosa, said a handful of protesters will stay overnight in the church. The Republican | Dave RobackMater Dolorosa Church parishioners begin a...
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Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn freed without bail; sexual assault...
Prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. Associated PressFormer International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn...
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Springfield and state police investigating shooting in Upper Hill neighborhood
Gunfire erupted around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Wilbraham Road and Alden Street in the northeast corner of the Upper Hill neighborhood. The shooting occurred outside a gas station...
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Holyoke bakery expansion creates jobs, wins tax breaks
East Baking Company Inc., a local wholesale bakery and distribution company at 104 Whiting Farms Road, is in line to receive tax breaks and other investment incentives after expansion project that...
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Developing: Springfield fire and police respond to burning vehicle in Blunt Park
No word yet on what caused the vehicle fire, or if anyone was hurt. Arson investigators were called to investigate the 6 a.m. Saturday blaze. Republican file photoSpringfield firefighters were at the...
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Developing: young bicyclist injured after being struck by SUV in Agawam
Authorities aren't saying much about the accident, which reportedly seriously injured a 12-year-old boy around 4:40 p.m. Friday. AGAWAM -- City and state police are investigating a serious accident...
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Maria Shriver files for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger after 25 years of...
After 25 years of marriage, Maria Shriver, a former television journalist and Kennedy family heiress, cited irreconcilable differences when she filed for divorce From Arnold Schwarzenegger, the...
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Herman Cain revs up mainstream conservatives
Bolstered by support from his loyal radio talk-show audience and tea party backers, businessman Herman Cain has revved up mainstream conservatives, rising recently to third place in a poll of voters...
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AM News Links: Bloody Hartford logs homicide No. 18; boy regrets not being...
Comedian Stephen Colbert discusses his 'Super Pac' with spirited supporters, Connecticut authorities are considering lightning strike as possible spark for Kloter Farms fire, and more headlines. AP...
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Granby police offer summer camps for soccer, basketball
The camps are presented under the auspices of DARE, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, which was adopted in Granby in 1988. File photo | The RepublicanChildren participate in a summer Granby...
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New Ludlow school superintendent Kenneth Grew seeking to fill 2 more...
Grew will advertise for principals of Ludlow High School and Chapin Street Elementary School. LUDLOW – The School Committee has voted to authorize Interim School Superintendent Kenneth J. Grew to...
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Amherst officials waiting to learn whether UMass will transfer a parcel of...
ACP consultant Gianni Longo recently outlined the vision for the Gateway Corridor Project that will link UMass and the Amherst downtown. File photo by Diane Lederman / The Republican University of...
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Springfield police make drug arrests in Bay, North End neighborhoods
Undercover police drug sweeps netted five arrests earlier this week, including men accused of being dealers. SPRINGFIELD -- City police made a number of drug busts earlier this week, including arrests...
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Accuser's lies jeopardize Strauss-Kahn sex-assault case, experts say
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK— The hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault may have inflicted fatal damage on her own case by...
View ArticleMassachusetts message in a bottle found in Scotland
A glass bottle, cast into the Gulf Stream off New England one year ago as a farewell gesture to a departed sailor, turned up last week on a beach in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland after an improbable,...
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Coast Guard to check boat safety this weekend
U.S. Coast Guard crews will be on the water throughout the Fourth of July weekend boarding recreational boats to ensure they have proper safety gear and that operators aren't under the influence of...
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Tom Weiner's 1st book tells stories of men, women confronted by Vietnam War...
Weiners new book, "Called to Serve: Stories of Men and Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft," contains testimonies that exemplify various responses to the draft. Submitted photoTom Weiner is the...
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Boston playing host to more minority conventions
Boston is becoming a regular host to national conventions of minority groups as officials work to change the image of a city still tarnished decades later by the 1970s busing riots. AP file...
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