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Holyoke Ward 4 City Council candidate Libby Hernandez says she wants to give...
Incumbent Ward 4 Councilor Timothy Purington isn't running for reelection, pitting Hernandez against Jason Ferreira. Submitted photoLibby Hernandez, Ward 4 City Council candidate HOLYOKE – Libby...
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Northampton Jazz Festival OK'd for beer and wine license; proposal for higher...
The premiere jazz festival will have five venues in and around downtown Northampton, all featuring live jazz. NORTHAMPTON – The premiere Northampton Jazz Festival will have all the makings of a party,...
View ArticleMassachusetts small brewers say changes to farmer-brewer rules hurt business
The rules change would require brewers to grow at least half the hops and grains they use, or get them from a domestic source. BOSTON (AP) — More than two dozen small beer brewers in Massachusetts say...
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Change in health care law hurts most states - but not Massachusetts
Seven states come out ahead thanks to changes in Medicare, but none do as well as Massachusetts. Associated PressHouston's TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital is shown Wednesday, Jan. 19,...
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Judge rules jailhouse informant can't testify in Nathan Caballero murder case
When an inmate, who had met with law enforcement about exchanging information for leniency, talked to Caballero, he was in the same role as a person in law enforcement and Caballero was entitled to...
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Virginia Tech locked down after report of man with gun on campus
Three children attending a summer camp said they saw a man holding what looked like a gun, an unsettling report on the campus where a 2007 massacre left 33 people dead. AP File PhotoThe university...
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MBTA director Richard Davey to succeed Jeffrey Mullan as Massachusetts'...
Mullan, who announced last month his plans to leave the administration before the end of the year, said earlier this week no final decisions had been made. By MATT MURPHY and MICHAEL NORTON BOSTON -...
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36M lbs. of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak
All of the packages recalled include the code "Est. P-963," according to Cargill, though packages were labeled under many different brands. Associated PressA product subject to meat giant Cargill's...
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Westfield resident Rush Frank Blankenship among suspects charged in...
Blankenship allegedly used the online alias "14yrsmax." AP photoAttorney General Eric Holder listens at left as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks at the Justice in Washington,...
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Stocks plunge on Wall Street as economic, Europe worries continue
The stock market is in the midst of its biggest retreat since the financial crisis. Associated PressA trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 in New York....
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Belchertown to welcome back 5 soldiers from Afghanistan
Belchertown Selectman George D. Archible said the community should honor those who return from military service in a war zone. File photo by Don Treeger / The ReppublicanBelchertown Selectman George...
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Deadline approaching for Springfield area residents to file for tornado...
The SBA has awarded more than $5 million in loans to residents and businesses in Massachusetts following the tornado. SPRINGFIELD - The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding people in the...
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Dow Jones industrial average suffers worst drop since 2008, plunging 513 points
Only 3 of the 500 stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index had gains; oil fell by 6 percent. Watch video Associated PressTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Aug....
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Massachusetts Food Association petitions to allow grocery stores to sell...
The group hopes that voters will be given a chance to decide the issue next year. File photo / Associated PressThe Massachusetts Food Association hopes that state voters will be given another chance...
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Chicopee City Council rejects request to restore mayor's chief of staff
The 6-5 votes was the 3rd time the City Council has voted against funding the position of mayor's chief of staff. File photo | The RepublicanChicopee City Hall. CHICOPEE – The City Council has...
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Fox News Channel analysts say remarks about Sarah Palin were a joke
Greg Gutfeld and Bob Beckel say they were joking when they spoke on the air about going easy on Palin, a fellow Fox employee. File photo | Associated PressSarah Palin has said she will decide later...
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NRC records show Vermont Yankee nuclear plant had past radioactive releases
The release raises questions about statements by Entergy Corp. that strontium-90 found in a fish sample taken from the adjacent Connecticut River did not come from the Vernon reactor. The Republican |...
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Groups file appeals of Massachusetts' conditional approval of Springfield...
The appeals were filed by the Toxics Action Center, based in Boston and Amherst, and by the Conservation Law Foundation, based in Boston. An artist's rendering of the proposed Palmer Renewable Energy...
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Attorney General Martha Coakley cites University of Massachusetts trustees...
Coakley said trustees held an illegal closed meeting to interview 3 finalists for the presidency of the 5-campus University of Massachusetts. BOSTON – Attorney General Martha M. Coakley on Thursday...
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Massachusetts Recreational Trails Grants Program announces $1.28 million in...
Colrain, Goshen, Holyoke, Leverett and Southwick were among the 42 trails projects awarded grants. HOLYOKE – Five area communities were awarded grants Thursday to fund trail projects. They are...
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