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Springfield family history convention is the largest in the group's history
The conference’s exhibit hall, featuring products and services of interest to family historians, is free and open to the public. Mark M. Murray/ The RepublicanLeona Arthen, of the Worthington Library...
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Jose Cosme, Maria Cosme and Jose Rodriguez found guilty in cocaine-in-baby...
A box mailed to Springfield from Puerto Rico had been intercepted and found to contain nearly 500 grams of cocaine. The Republican / File photo SPRINGFIELD – A Hampden Superior Court jury late Friday...
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Springfield city councilors seek steps to protect reserve funds
Mayor Domenic Sarno and the finance team propose using $12.5 million from the reserve fund to help balance next year's budget. File photo | The Republican SPRINGFIELD – Some city councilors raised...
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Deadline nears, government shutdown looms without agreement
The Obama administration readied hundreds of thousands of furlough notices for federal workers. Associated PressPeople line up for their U.S. passports trying to get in under the deadline that would...
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Syrian protests turn deadly; 32 reported killed
The bloodiest clashes occurred in the restive city of Daraa, where human rights activists and witnesses said Syrian security forces opened fire on tens of thousands of protesters. Associated PressIn...
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Scientists predict moderate New England red tide
Scientists at the Gulf of Maine toxicity project said there's an abundance of microscopic cysts that act like seeds. File photo | The Republican By JAY LINDSAY BOSTON — Scientists on Friday predicted...
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Israeli aircraft and tanks pound Gaza after school bus hit
Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers seemed on the brink of another round of intense violence. Associated PressPalestinians carry the bodies of Hamas militants killed on Thursday's attack, during a funeral...
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Possible deal in works as government shutdown deadline nears
House Republican leaders summoned their rank and file to a late night meeting for what aides said would be an update on the talks. Associated PressSpeaker John Boehner of Ohio, stands as the elevator...
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Government shutdown avoided: Congressional leaders, White House make a deal
President Barack Obama hailed the deal as "the biggest annual spending cut in history." Associated PressPresident Obama poses for photographers in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after...
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Water pipe flushing to start in West Springfield
The final phase of a four-year, $1.2 million water pipe program will start on Rogers Avenue and vicinity. Republican flie photo WEST SPRINGFIELD – The Department of Public Works will begin the final...
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Westfield School Department struggles with fiscal 2012 budget obstacles
Superintendent of Schools Shirley Alvira hopes to present a level-funded, level-service budget. WESTFIELD - Superintendent of Schools Shirley Alvira hopes to present a level-funded, level-service...
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Former Amherst landfill solar project raises concerns
Neighbors of the proposed Amherst solar project are concerned the project will damage the cap on the closed landfill. Photo by Diane Lederman / /The RepublicanThis capped landfill is the site of a...
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Holyoke School Committee members Yvonne Garcia, Devin Sheehan spar in run-up...
Massachusetts deputy commissioner of education Karla Brooks Baehr will discuss a report that faulted Holyoke schools in virtually every area. HOLYOKE – School Committee member Yvonne Garcia said the...
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Reynaldo Rodriguez of Springfield caught by postman, charged in Friday...
Reynaldo Rodriguez of Springfield was charged with several felonies after a postman and citizens captured him following a Friday morning purse snatching. Springfield Police PhotoReynaldo Rodriguez...
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Overnight fire leaves three Springfield residents homeless
An East Forest Park home sustained between $60,000 and $80,000 in damage during a fire Saturday morning and three people are being cared for by the Red Cross. Springfield Fire Department photo by...
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Mass. camp loses accreditation in sex abuse probe
The national accreditation of a Massachusetts summer camp attended by a young U.S. Sen. Scott Brown has been revoked while state authorities investigate allegations of child sex abuse. Police block...
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Volunteers sought for Connecticut River water quality monitoring project
Water sampling will be done in Deerfield, Longmeadow, Gill, Agawam, Montague, Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Northampton, Greenfield and South Hadley. File photo / The RepublicanThe Connecticut River...
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1 killed, 71 injured as Egypt army disperses overnight protest
Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire inside a central Cairo square demanding the resignation of the military's head after troops violently dispersed an overnight...
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AM News Links: Mall shooter in Netherlands kills six people, Germany vows to...
Mall shooter in Netherlands kills six people, Germany vows to abolish nuclear power plants by 2020 and more of the mornings headlines. (AP Photo/www.regio15.nl)Injured people are carried out of a...
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Federal shutdown narrowly avoided, 2012 budget fight looms in trimming $38.5...
The administration was poised to shutter federal services, from national parks to tax-season help centers, and to send furlough notices to hundreds of thousands of federal workers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn...
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