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Holyoke Mayor Elaine Pluta chooses Capt. Frederick Seklecki to be interim...
Seklecki, with the department since 1983, will lead the Holyoke force until Pluta hires a new chief. File photo | The RepublicanFILE – Holyoke Police Department Capt. Frederick Seklecki demonstrates a...
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Three Springfield shooting victims in three days; gunmen remain at large
Police are asking the public to help identify the gunmen responsible for shootings outside a Dwight Street bar and a State Street convenience store. Staff Photo by DON TREEGERThe Chessmen Lounge, 459...
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Pakistani government officials getting to know their American counterparts in...
75 Pakistanis will come to Massachusetts and 20 Americans will travel to Pakistan in 2014 as part of a $1.5 million U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs grant. The...
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Amherst won't use arsenic-laced soil at closed landfill site even though...
Using contaminated soil at the closed landfill was distracting people from the benefits of a solar project there, officials said. The Republican | Diane LedermanAmherst's capped landfill is the site...
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Percentage of Ludlow students attending 4-year colleges declines
School Committee member Jacob R. Oliveira said the failure of many Ludlow High School graduates to complete a four-year degree is a concern. File photo | The RepublicanLudlow school superintendent...
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Speed, other factors to be examined in fatal Westfield crash
Investigators are reconstructing the crash that killed 78-year-old Antoinette Stark, a Holyoke woman who had been shopping with her 71-year-old cousin. Greg Saulmon / The Republican04.20.2011 |...
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NYC officials defend police decision to cuff special needs 1st-grader
The 7-year-old boy was handcuffed after he became violent while working on an Easter art project and threatened teachers with scissors. Submitted photo By COLLEEN LONG NEW YORK — The new head of the...
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Nevada Sen. John Ensign announces resignation
Ensign insisted he's done nothing wrong, but said he could no longer expose his family and constituents to the intense focus on his extramarital affair with a former staffer and the ethical...
View ArticleMass. state trooper injured while working construction detail
Trooper Michael Isom was transported to Boston Medical Center with serious injuries. RANDOLPH — A Massachusetts state trooper has been injured after his cruiser was struck from behind by a suspected...
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Gov. Deval Patrick says House Speaker Robert DeLeo's probation department...
Patrick is calling for "a much more fundamental overhaul" of the beleaguered state agency. Associated PressMassachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo, left, shakes hands with Massachusetts Supreme...
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Palmer police officer position back in the budget
The police chief said there were 940 arrests in 2010, up from 740 in 2009. Police Chief Robert P. Frydryk PALMER – Acting Town Manager Patricia A. Kennedy has returned a police officer position to the...
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Washington teen fakes pregnancy as school project
17-year-old Gaby Rodriguez did the experiment as part of a senior project on stereotyping. Associated PressIn an April 20, 2011 phoyo, Toppenish High School senior Gaby Rodriguez talks about rumors...
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Controversial mobile home removed from former Northampton City Councilor...
The dwelling, a mobile home-type structure, was the subject of complaints by unnamed residents, who suggested it lacked the required permits and violating zoning laws. Angela D. Plassmann NORTHAMPTON...
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Conversations between defense lawyer and reporter are the basis of Sandra...
Ross, ironically, went on to become Dostie’s fellow inmate at Framingham State Prison. File photo / The RepublicanSandra Dostie is seen with one of her defense lawyers Frank Antonucci, during her...
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Holyoke Soldiers' Home board will get training in Open Meeting Law after...
Trustees failed to declare state-approved reasons for holding closed-door meetings. Republican staff photo by Don TreegerSteven E. Como, chairman of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home board of trustees....
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Agawam sends sewer pipes issue to Hampden District Attorney's office
The city has sent the matter of the breaching of two sewer pipes that spewed sewage into a wetland near the Westfield River on to the district attorney's office. AGAWAM – The city has turned over the...
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Easthampton man killed in Amherst accident identified as George W. Hancock
Marianne Hancock, the driver of the car, was treated and released following the Thursday accident that killed her husband. AMHERST – The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the man...
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Western Massachusetts energy prices, at a glance
Here are the average energy prices in the Pioneer Valley for the week ending today. View full size
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Fire on Lagadia Street in Chicopee displaces 2 families; Chihuahua, initially...
The fire was sparked by careless disposal of smoking materials, Deputy Chief James McInerney said. Don Treeger / The RepublicanChicopee firefighters battle house fire at 23-25 Lagadia St. This is an...
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Dean Tech students, teachers honored by Holyoke City Council for fixing...
The U.S. Coast Guard donated the steel-hull boat to the Fire Department, but it needed rewelding and painting. The Republican | Mark M. Murray Holyoke provisional Fire Chief William P. Moran, center,...
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