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A legal scorecard of plea agreements in the Phoebe Prince bullying cases
The plea agreements all pertained to juvenile charges, conviction of which would have resulted in detention at a Massachusetts Department of Youth Services facility. Watch video The Republican | Don...
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Free-fall in commodities, jump in unemployment claims cause stock market to fall
Oil prices closed below $100 a barrel for the first time about six weeks. File photo / Associated PressGeneral Motors workers cheer as the first Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan off the assembly line, at...
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Sullivan said that comments by the superintendent "did not fully reflect on the gravity of what happened in the school." Watch video Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan said at a press...
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Westfield's proposed fiscal 2012 budget tops $121 million
The new city budget represents an overall increase of $4.1 million over current spending. File photo | The RepublicanWestfield City Hall. WESTFIELD – The city’s proposed spending plan for fiscal 2012...
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Osama bin Laden's wife spent 5 years in Pakistani house
Bin Laden's wife, identified as Yemeni-born Amal Ahmed Abdullfattah, said she never left the upper floors of the house the entire time she was there. ISLAMABAD — One of three wives living with Osama...
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Watch video from the district attorney's press conference Thursday. Watch video As part of our coverage of the court proceedings for six teens charged in connection to the bullying-related suicide of...
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U.S. employers add more than 200,000 jobs, but jobless rate hits 9%
The new jobs were a result of the highest hiring spree in five years. Associated Press photoJustin Miller, left, talks with Leah Chanthapanya, right, at a job fair, in Independence, Ohio, Tuesday....
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Al-Qaida issues retaliation threat for Osama bin Laden's death as President...
A statement posted on militant websites said that Americans’ “happiness will turn to sadness.“ Associated Press photoA man holds a photograph of Osama bin Laden, during a protest outside the U.S....
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43-year-old Holyoke resident Julio Acevedo, splashed by attacker with caustic...
The victim told police that he did not recognize his attacker. Republican file photo This updates story originally filed at 7:54 a.m. HOLYOKE – A 43-year-old city man, who had some kind of caustic...
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Sirdeaner Walker to be honored at American Foundation for Suicide Prevention...
Mother of bully victim being recognized for her legislative efforts to protect kids. Republican file photoSirdeaner Walker, left, and Springfield Central High student Payton Shubrick at the recent...
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PM News Links: Massachusetts' 1st wind farm begins operations, Vermont...
Even after a stern warning from the Attorney General and a stiff regulation from the city, one cyber café is still operating in Springfield. Associated Press photoPolice in Manchester, N.H., are seen,...
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Kenneth Grew of Grafton agrees to become Ludlow's interim school superintendent
Grew is expected to begin working in mid-June. LUDLOW – School Committee Chairman Michael J. Kelliher said Kenneth J. Grew, of Grafton, has accepted the position of interim superintendent. “We will...
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Michael Nash of Springfield gets 4-5 years following 10th incident of...
Prosecutor said Michael Nash was given credit for admitting crime right away. MIchael A. Nash SPRINGFIELD – Michael A. Nash immediately confessed to police when caught for breaking into an East Forest...
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65-year-old Springfield man suffers 3rd degree burns to legs after attempting...
The explosion occurred in the city's Liberty Heights neighborhood. Springfield Fire Department photo by Michael RichardFirefighters and emergency medical personnel attend to a man who lives at 40...
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Aubuchon Hardware closes Hadley store; Greenfield, Easthampton stores still open
The store moved to the Stop & Shop Plaza in Hadley in 1983 after opening in Amherst 70 years ago. HADLEY - Aubuchon Hardware, which has been a fixture first in Amherst and then in Hadley, since...
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Proposed $93.5 million Northampton city budget contains no planned job cuts
Mayor Mary Clare Higgins will hold a series of budget hearings before her proposal comes back before the council for a vote in late June. Mary Clare Higgins NORTHAMPTON – Mayor Mary Clare Higgins...
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South Hadley officials say they are not aware of settlements in Phoebe Prince...
The Prince family withdrew the complaint before it was heard by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and settled out of court with lawyers for the town’s insurers, Argonaut Insurance....
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Holyoke yields another jug on the street containing mystery liquid and...
More than a dozen plastic milk containers discovered last week contained a residue from the illegal production of methamphetamine. Republican staff photo by John Suchocki Emergency workers last week...
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Obituaries today: Wallace Huntington was photographer, 'Camera Guy' antiques...
Obituaries from The Republican. Wallace E. Huntington Wallace E. Huntington, 87, formerly of Monson, passed away on Sunday. He was born in Springfield, grew up in Granville and lived most of his life...
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Virna Campbell-Langford, 5th-grade teacher at Liberty School in Springfield,...
The was shivering in the water wedged by tree limbs when Campbell- Langford climbed the fallen tree and scooped him from the water Photo by Don Treeger / The RepublicanLiberty School fifth grade...
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