North Andover voters shoot down doctor's plans to turn ex-factory into huge,...
By a relatively close margin, voters in North Andover on Tuesday night said "No" to a town doctor's proposal to turn a former telecom manufacturing facility into an enormous pot farm and research...
View ArticleBerkshire DA clears Pittsfield police officer in fatal 2017 shooting
DA David Capeless said officer Christopher Colello acted appropriately in shooting Daniel Gillis, who was armed with a knife. PITTSFIELD - The Berkshire District Attorney on Tuesday announced an...
View ArticleAgawam City Council wants potential solar sites mapped as council mulls...
"There are a number of projects that are moving forward regardless of the fact that we don't have an ordinance that deals with this topic," Agawam City Council President Christopher C. Johnson said....
View ArticleMassachusetts man found guilty of buying grenades, guns to kill former...
A Massachusetts man with plans to kill former Attorney General Martha Coakley and federal Judge Dennis Saylor was found guilty Tuesday in a New Hampshire federal court of receiving firearms with...
View ArticleVictoria Cody, 20, and Alex Pandolfo, 22, identified as victims in fatal...
A 20-year-old Norwood woman and 22-year-old Norwood man died Wednesday morning in a crash. A 20-year-old Norwood woman and 22-year-old Norwood man died Wednesday morning in a crash. The woman has...
View ArticleCDC director resigns after financial conflict revealed
On Tuesday, Politico reported that Fitzgerald had purchased shares in a tobacco company shortly after becoming CDC director. By LENA H. SUN The Washington Post The director of the Centers for Disease...
View ArticlePolice still searching for man who fled I-91 traffic stop in Holyoke
The manhunt began around 9 p.m. Tuesday night. HOLYOKE -- Police resumed a search Wednesday morning for a man who ran from a traffic stop on Interstate 91 north Tuesday night. State police spokesman...
View ArticleEast Longmeadow restaurant sale pending
The 10,000-square-foot restaurant went on the market in July 2017. EAST LONGMEADOW -- The sale of the now-closed Pasquale's Ristorante on 642 North Main St. is pending. The sign advertising the...
View ArticleWilbraham police arrest suspects in alleged bat and beer bottle assaults
January may have been a particularly cold month, but Wilbraham police stayed warm by keeping busy -- including making arrests involving assault suspects who allegedly used bats and beer bottles as...
View Article1 dead after train carrying Congressional Republicans barrels into garbage...
A West Virginia-bound Amtrak train carrying a bevy of Congressional Republicans and their staffs crashed into a garbage truck near Charlottesville, Virginia, Wednesday morning, according to the White...
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Springfield Fire Department welcomes 4 new firefighters
Receiving their badges were firefighters Joshua Kenniston, Peter Cubilette, Jonathan Shea, and Ryan Wilkie. Watch video The Springfield Fire Department welcomed four new firefighters to its ranks...
View ArticleMassachusetts AG Maura Healey: Allegations against Steve Wynn 'sickening and...
Maura Healey said decisions related to licensing of the Wynn casino in Everett are up to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Attorney General Maura Healey said Wednesday that the allegations of...
View ArticleHampden DA IDs victim in fatal Springfield pedestrian accident
The 28-year-old city man was not in a crosswalk when he was hit. SPRINGFIELD - The man killed when struck by a car Friday night on Parker Street has been identified as Mark Lozada Davis, according to...
View ArticleState attorney general backs same-day and automatic voter registration push...
Bills pending before the Legislature would let the Registry of Motor Vehicles and MassHealth automatically register citizens to vote. BOSTON -- Attorney General Maura Healey is throwing her support...
View ArticleVictim in alleged rape at UMass too drunk to give consent, according to police
The 21-year-old University of Massachusetts student accused of rape in his dorm room last month was released from jail Wednesday on $7,500 surety. AMHERST -- A University of Massachusetts student...
View Article$50 million defamation claim against Berkshire Eagle dismissed; Pittsfield...
A judge has dismissed former Pittsfield City Council candidate Craig Gaetani's $50 million defamation lawsuit against the Berkshire Eagle. A judge has dismissed former Pittsfield City Council...
View ArticleDo you recognize this alleged crime duo?
Anyone who recognizes the men shown in these photos, suspects in a recent crime committed at the Shell station, is asked to call Hampden Police Detective Scott Trombly at 413-566-8011. HAMPDEN -- The...
View ArticleExecutive editor Jeffrey Good fired from Newspapers of New England amid...
An executive editor for a group of publications in Western Massachusetts that include the Daily Hampshire Gazette was fired this week as discussions are ongoing about gender pay disparity in their...
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Forget Philadelphia Cream Cheese or Philly cheesesteaks at UMass this week -...
Ahead of Super Bowl LII at the University of Massachusetts dining halls this week, it's all about the New England Patriots, with all things Philadelphia excised in good fun. Watch video AMHERST -...
View ArticleCDC study on Zika birth defects includes Massachusetts
Three out of every 1,000 babies born in 15 U.S. states and territories, in 2016, had a birth defect possibly associated with Zika virus infection in the mother. Three out of every 1,000 babies born in...
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