Congressman Jim McGovern plans local brewery tour Friday
Every summer, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern tours farms in his district. On Oct. 27, 2017, the Worcester Democrat will take his first tour to highlight the growing success of local craft breweries. HADLEY --...
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Sarai Nazario bragged about her shoplifting exploits and used the hashtag #boosterlivesmatter on her Facebook page, a probation officer said. SPRINGFIELD -- A Springfield woman placed on probation...
View ArticleWestover Air Reserve Base pumps $212M into economy, construction projects...
Every year Westover officials calculate the overall economic impact the base has on the Western Massachusetts economy. CHICOPEEÂ -- Construction at Westover Air Reserve Base boosted its economic impact...
View ArticleSpringfield man who allegedly sliced cousin with box cutter held for 20-day...
Cellphone video showed Domenic Murdock "swinging violently with the razor. Any one of the strikes could have caused serious injury or death," Officer Scott Stelzer wrote in his report. SPRINGFIELDÂ --...
View ArticleMassachusetts Senate approves sweeping criminal justice reform bill repealing...
Massachusetts legislators approved a bill calling for sweeping changes to the state's criminal justice system early Friday. Massachusetts legislators approved a bill calling for sweeping changes to...
View ArticleSenate approves overhaul of Massachusetts criminal justice system: Read the bill
The measure eliminates the majority of mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders and increases penalties for trafficking fentanyl into Massachusetts. It also changes bail procedures in the state,...
View ArticleComplaints of drug activity in Boston Road neighborhood lead to arrest of...
Narcotics detectives and members of the street crimes unit began surveilling Boston Road and Parker Street following complaints of drug dealing, Ryan Walsh, spokesman for Springfield police, said....
View ArticleSpringfield officers released from hospital after head-on crash
Two Springfield police officers have been released from the hospital after a 20-year-old man rammed into their cruiser during a chase Thursday evening. Two Springfield police officers have been...
View ArticleChicopee police make second arrest in armed assault case stemming from dog...
yrell Mitchell, 24, of 4 Berbay Circle, Springfield, was arrested at Baystate Medical Center in that city early Thursday night. He faces charges of armed assault with intent to murder and other...
View ArticleHow they voted: Massachusetts Senate approves sweeping criminal justice...
Massachusetts Senators debated into the early hours of Friday morning a measure to overhaul criminal justice reform in the state.
View ArticleSeen@ The Holyoke Rotary Dinner and Award Ceremony for Barbara Bernard
The William G. Dwight Award was presented to Holyoke resident Barbara C. Bernard during a formal dinner and award ceremony presented by Rotary Club of Holyoke, South Hadley and Granby, at the Delaney...
View Article'Hope for Holly': Tip campaign seeks info on 1993 abduction, murder of Holly...
A tip campaign -- dubbed "Hope for Holly -- underway in Brimfield seeks information on the 1993 abduction and murder of Holly Kristen Piirainen, a day after town police claimed "new information"...
View ArticleLudlow police charge Chicopee couple with embezzling more than $5,000 from...
Sgt. Daniel Valadas said Rachael Melanson was head of the Ludlow Youth Cheerleading Association and a founder and had control of its debit card. Valadas said he believes Keith Melanson was a board...
View ArticleRepublican US Senate candidate Geoff Diehl pledges to not raise taxes
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Geoff Diehl pledged this week that he will oppose any policies that would raise Americans' taxes if sent to represent Massachusetts in Washington D.C. next fall....
View ArticleRep. Richard Neal, ranking Democrat on Ways and Means Committee, predicts...
Neal predicted that Republicans will succeed only in passing an unpaid-for tax cut. BOSTON - As President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans begin a full-court press to pass a tax reform bill,...
View ArticleFormer bus driver for special needs children charged with rape, kidnapping is...
A former bus driver who has been on the run for 17 years has returned to Massachusetts to face charges for the alleged rape and kidnapping of one of his passengers in 1998, officials said Friday. A...
View ArticleAmendments debated in criminal justice bill
Punishments for drug dealers, wiretapping laws and revenge porn were all part of the discussion. By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT 27, 2017...The Senate passed...
View ArticleDefense seeks to block access to cellphone records of driver charged in fatal...
The court will consider the motion to suppress access to the phone and decide by Dec. 19. BELCHERTOWN - Attorneys for Ryan Fellion, an 18-year-old Belchertown man who is charged in the February car...
View Article2 kittens, apparently placed in bag and thrown off bridge into Ware River,...
A pair of kittens, found drenched and barely clinging to life beside the bridge on West Main Street Thursday morning are now recuperating in an incubator at Dakin Humane Society in Springfield. WARE -...
View ArticleHeavy rain, winds up to 60 mph expected in Massachusetts this weekend
Winds up to 60 miles per hour and heavy rains are expected to swipe through New England this weekend. Winds up to 60 miles per hour and heavy rains are expected to swipe through New England this...
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