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Reconstruction of Southwick's College Highway set to begin
The reconstruction of College Highway has been in planning since the 1990s. SOUTHWICK – The first of three phases of a long-awaited multi-million reconstruction of College Highway (Routes 10 and 202)...
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Outgoing UMass President Jack Wilson wins praise for boosting university's...
Wilson began his term in the wake of a public feud between then-Gov. W. Mitt Romney and system President William M. Bulger. File photo / The RepublicanUMass president Jack M Wilson left Thursday after...
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Gregory Neffinger set to announce run for West Springfield mayor
Neffinger, a Republican, has served on the Zoning Board of Appeals for 16 years. Gregory Neffinger will announce on Sunday that he is running for mayor of West Springfield. WEST SPRINGFIELD – Local...
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Kendrick Park farmer's market is a mid-day, mid-week oasis
The Wednesday market is open from 2 to 7 p.m. at Kendrick Park in Amherst. The Republican | Diane LedermanThe grassy and shaded Kendrick Park in Amherst is a perfect site for a farmer's market,...
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Roster of space shuttle astronauts includes several with Western...
Catherine "Cady" Coleman, who returned this spring from a months-long mission aboard the International Space Station, is the most recent space traveler from Western Mass. Byron K. Lichtenberg is one...
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2-time space shuttle astronaut Byron Lichtenberg reflects on past, present...
Lichtenberg was the first American astronaut to serve as a Spacelab "payload specialist" in the shuttle program. This watershed moment in America’s space exploration program is a bittersweet time for...
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Holyoke fire official William Moran, subject of criminal probe, could face...
Commission chairwoman Priscilla Chesky said termination and suspension of Moran are among options. The Republican | John SuchockiWilliam P. Moran, a Holyoke deputy fire chief who had been acting fire...
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Some Westfield residents express concerns over new elementary school building...
Abner Gibbs School will close because of age; Franklin Avenue School needs extensive renovation. File photo | The RepublicanThis is the former Ashley Street School building in Westfield, the planned...
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Friends of the Homeless in Springfield on verge on state funding increase for...
Reimbursement rates vary widely for shelter providers in Massachusetts. The Republican file photo | Mark M. MurrayWilliam J. Miller, Executive Director of the Friends of the Homeless, at the new...
View ArticleSaturday marks 65th anniversary of B-17 crash at Mount Tom
Family members of 25 WWII servicemen killed on the flight in 1946 still gather annually at the crash site memorial. HOLYOKE – Where there was once only heartbreak and the debris of a post-war plane...
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Three city men arrested after gun report at Baystate Medical Center
“At no time were any hospital staff, medical workers or patients in any danger at all," said Police Sgt. John M. Delaney. SPRINGFIELD – Three city men were arrested after one was allegedly spotted...
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Pamela Metaxas, former reporter at The Republican, remembered
Pamela Metaxas, 65, retired in June 2010 after spending 37 years at The Republican, and its predecessors, the Daily News and the Union-News. Pamela Metaxas CHICOPEE – Pamela H. Metaxas, a former...
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Police say Springfield's 10th homicide victim, James Rosario, was killed in...
James Rosario became the city’s 10th homicide victim Saturday morning. This is an update of a story first posted early Saturday morning. Staff Photo by Dave RobackCity and state police are...
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Smooth jazz brings long-distance fans to Springfield
The Hoop City Jazz & Art Festival continues Sunday at Court Square in Springfield. SPRINGFIELD – They came from as far away as Germany and California to hear the smooth sounds of jazz fill...
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From the archives: Lost airmen of Westover B-24 Liberator crash on Mount...
Just a few minutes out of Westover Field on a training mission and nearing midnight, the pilot struggled to get the plane's nose up. Westover collectionDuring World War II, B-24 Liberators such as...
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Holyoke man arrested for allegedly leading authorities on wild chase,...
The chase began in Holyoke, proceeded north and involved multiple police departments before eventually ending in Deerfield, where 27-year-old Luis Ramon Ocasio was taken into custody and charged....
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Longmeadow man scales Mount Everest
Michael Matty, 48, president of St. Germain Investment Management in Springfield, entered the exclusive "Seven Summits" club, whose membership is reserved for those who climb the tallest peaks on all...
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AM News Links: Some Bostonians are trying 'hahd' to git rid of their accents;...
Murdoch's News of the World rolls out its final edition, giant kites invade Cape Cod beaches, and more of this morning's news. AP Photo/Ivan AguinagaRevelers stand at their balcony to watch the annual...
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Emergency personnel responding to report of possible body found in...
A person called 911 around 8:15 a.m. Sunday after spotting what he believed was a body in the Connecticut River. By 8:40 a.m., authorities confirmed that they had located a body and were attempting to...
View ArticleEmergency personnel recover body of unidentified male under North End Bridge
Springfield police are investigating. SPRINGFIELD - Emergency personnel recovered the "badly decomposed" body of an unidentified male under the North End Bridge around 9 a.m. this morning, said Fire...
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