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Minnechaug Scholarship Foundation celebrating 50th anniversary
This year's raffle includes a "golden ticket" to celebrate the 50th anniversary. WILBRAHAM – The Minnechaug Scholarship Foundation is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the...
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Your comments: readers react to possible budget cuts to state parks, beaches
Possible budget cuts to state parks and beaches may result in less services being provided to visitors. Marsh's Rest in Forest Park in Springfield Massachusetts residents face the possibility of...
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Lottery tickets stolen during break-in to Chicopee store worth over $600 when...
Security video showed two men inside the store during the early Sunday break-in. The Republican file photo CHICOPEE – Lottery tickets, stolen early Sunday during a break-in to the Honeyland Farms...
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Business Monday from The Republican, April 25, 2011
From this week's Business Monday from The Republican. Photo by Mark M. Murray/The RepublicanNUVO Bank & Trust Company , M. Dale Janes, chief executive officer, left, and Jeffery S. Sattler,...
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24-year-old former Springfield resident Tamik Kirkland, convicted of firearm...
Kirkland, formerly of 20 Carver St., was declared an escapee Monday morning. Tamik Kirkland SPRINGFIELD – A 24-year-old city man, who pleaded guilty to firearm and other charges some 17 months ago in...
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Gabrielle Giffords cleared to attend husband Mark Kelly's space shuttle launch
Rep. Giffords will travel for the first time since she was flown from Tucson to Houston more than three months ago to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. FILE - This undated file photo provided...
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East Longmeadow School Committee begins search for high school principal
Current East Longmeadow High School principal Michael Knybel will take a job in Lenox. File photo | The RepublicanEast Longmeadow Town Hall EAST LONGMEADOW - The school district has begun the process...
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Holyoke police respond to shooting on South Canal St. with at least 1 victim
Firefighters also responded to the shooting scene, but were back in station after 9:30 p.m. Republican file photo HOLYOKE – A 34-year-old man was shot in the groin and the arm Monday and police were...
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Vote in Hampden will require debt exclusion override for new fire engine
The borrowing was approved by a two-thirds show of hands. Republican file photoHampden Board of Selectmen Chairman John D. Flynn said it will take 12 to 14 months to special order a new fire truck....
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Private lawyers for the poor assail Massachusetts House leaders' plan to...
Gov. Deval Patrick wants to do away with the system of contracting with private lawyers to represent poor defendants. File photo | The RepublicanSpringfield lawyer Anthony C. Bonavita says a lower cap...
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Springfield cyber cafe's future sparks City Council debate
The 777 Cyber Cafe's lawyer said it had ample parking, good security did not encroach on neighbors at the Five Town Plaza. The Republican file photo | Patrick JohnsonFILE – The scene inside a cyber...
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Holyoke police are investigating a shooting that injured a man Monday night
Police said the shooting occurred in the same spot where two officers were fired upon in February. Republican file photo Updates a story published at 9:40 p.m. Monday. HOLYOKE -- Police are...
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Agawam City Council authorizes borrowing to construct $129,000 Building...
The City Council has approved borrowing $129,465 to construct building to store items the Building Maintenance Department buys in bulk. Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen03.09.11 | Photo by Julian...
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Springfield police are looking for suspect who stabbed a teenager
A fight on Wilmont Street Monday night resulted in the stabbing of a 15-year-old city resident in the city's Forest Park neighborhood. The Republican file photoPolice are investigating a Monday night...
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Hampden District Attorney's office probing breaching of sewer pipes in Agawam
Officials are looking into an incident late last month on land off Meadow Street in which a backhoe nicked sewer pipes, sending raw sewage onto wetlands near the Westfield River. Mark G. Mastroianni...
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AM News Links: Congress curious about online tracking practices,...
Rising food prices could turn a cup of Joe into a luxury, 'cop-hating' law school students, and more of this morning's news headlines. AP Photo/Elise AmendolaWarm, moist weather has helped spring...
View ArticleNurses at hospitals in Boston, Worcester plan to strike next month
Nurses at two Massachusetts hospitals are planning a one-day strike to protest what they call staffing levels that endanger patient safety. BOSTON (AP) — Nurses at two Massachusetts hospitals are...
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Jury selection set to begin Tuesday in trial of former Massachusetts House...
DiMasi is accused in a bid-rigging scheme in which he allegedly pocketed nearly $60,000, according to federal prosecutors. AP PhotoFormer Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, shown here in a...
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Chicopee students, athletes will volunteer to clean up city to benefit...
The clean-up will be held in conjunction with a long-established one held by the Parks and Recreation Department. Republican file photoThe Chicopee Comprehensive High School track team is one group...
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Sunrise report: Forecast, poll and more for Tuesday April 26
Today's poll: Should welfare recipients be required to submit to random tests for alcohol and drug use? Greg Saulmon04.26.2011 | HOLYOKE - A pedestrian on Dwight St. Tuesday morning. The Forecast...
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