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Holyoke halting unauthorized receipt of paid personal, vacation and sick days...
Mayor Elaine Pluta praised the MUNIS accounting software for making more efficient the assessment of municipal payroll, budgets and leave such as vacation and sick days. File photo | The...
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Springfield residents reclaim their neighborhoods for National Night Out
An estimated 10,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases, participated in National Night Out. Republican staff photo by Patrick JohnsonJuana Hernandez,...
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Video: Helmut Ernst becomes 2nd Massachusetts transportation official to lose...
Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan announced his decision while touring the Big Dig tunnel system with a group of lawmakers. Jeffrey Mullan BOSTON - Helmut Ernst, the chief highway engineer in...
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Obituaries today: Walter Gonski, 83, of Northampton; lawyer in private practice
Obituaries from The Republican Walter W. Gonski NORTHAMPTON - William Walter Gonski Jr, 83, of Ridgewood Terrace passed away Sunday at the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke. Born in Whately on Jan. 7, 1928 he...
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Springfield detectives, seeking wanted felon, don't get their man but arrest...
Police found Sutherland on a mattress with loaded firearm under his pillow. Lamont Sutherland SPRINGFIELD – Detectives, seeking a wanted felon in the South End Wednesday morning, didn’t get their man...
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Judge who ordered Casey Anthony to serve probation leaves case
Strickland did not say why he was removing himself, but Anthony's defense lawyers had accused him of prejudice. Associated PressCasey Anthony talks with her attorneys, Cheney Mason, left, and Dorothy...
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Honda Civics and Accords from mid-1990s are favored targets for car thieves...
Newer model cars, with their enhanced security systems, are harder to steal. The 2000 Honda Civic was the most frequently stolen car in Massachusetts in 2010. SPRINGFIELD – Honda Civics and Accords...
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PM News Links: Motorist chases boys accused of throwing rocks at cars, mom...
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank rejected suggestions left-leaning Democrats will challenge President Obama in next year’s primaries due to a controversial deal between the White House and Republicans to raise...
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Ask the Candidates: Holyoke mayoral hopefuls discuss William Moran controversy
Mayor Elaine Pluta and challengers Daniel Boyle, Daniel Burns and Alex Morse see the Moran issue differently, in some cases very differently. Running for the office of mayor in Holyoke in 2011 are,...
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State police charge 57-year-old Donald Petigny-Perry with overnight break-in...
State police are seeking to determine if the suspect is responsible for other area break-ins Republican file photo LEVERETT - An electronic device, stolen overnight from a home here while the...
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Finances of Putnam Vocational High School in Springfield subject of...
School Committee member and mayoral candidate Antonette Pepe said she is disturbed that basic facts about the investigation remain secret. File photo by Mark M. Murray / The RepublicanMark G....
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Right to Repair Coalition petitions to get auto repair question on next...
The proposal would require auto manufacturers to sell diagnostic information to independent repair shops, so long as it doesn’t beak trade secrets. File photo by Mark M. MurrayMike Reardon, left...
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Monson school social worker helping community
Superintendent Dardenne said school social worker Maria Maloney has been "terrific from day 1 after the storm" and "has really carved out her wealth to the community by what she's done." Photo by Lori...
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Motorcyclist killed in Monson crash identified as Timothy Sherman of Springfield
Police said Sherman was operating the motorcycle at 79 miles per hour in a posted 35 mile per hour zone. Republican file photo MONSON - Monson police have identified the operator involved in the fatal...
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Family of wounded soldier Joshua Bouchard, of Granby, has connection to...
On the same day that the original Walter Reed was scheduled to close, July 27, Josh was undergoing a new surgical anti-pain procedure at the new Bethesda location. File photo by MarkWounded U.S....
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Tenants finally able to move in to new Amherst housing project
Peter A. Gagliardi, executive director of the Springfield-based HAP Inc. said he first stepped on to the 4.1-acre site in September 2000. Photo by Diane Lederman/Republican Butternut Farm, an...
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Judge deems Jonathan White of Southampton, accused of elaborate arson scheme,...
According to the prosecutor, White rigged up an elaborate device intended to burn down the house in Southampton where he lived. Judge Cornelius Moriarty on Wednesday ruled there are no conditions he...
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Agawam City Council approves $250,000 supplemental School Department budget
Two Agawam city councilors opposed a $250,000 supplemental School Department budget, saying it will just add to the base for coming years' budgets. AGAWAM – The City Council Monday approved a $250,000...
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Earth's two moons? It's not lunacy, but new theory
Astronomers came up with the scenario to explain why the moon's far side is so much more hilly than the one that is always facing Earth. AP Photo/Martin Jutzi and Erik Asphaug, University of...
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Pickup taken from home of dead NH girl, Celina Cass, 11
Neighbors said the vehicle is typically driven by the girl's stepfather. This cell phone photo shows law enforcement officials standing near a silver pickup truck being removed from where it was...
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