Holyoke Community College to play host to free money management tips from...
Mayor Alex Morse will participate in the conference, which he said can help Holyokers inexperienced with financial decisions. Staff photo by Michael BeswickState Treasurer Steven Grossman Related...
View ArticleNew Elizabeth Warren ad responds to Scott Brown's attacks on Native American...
Asked about the ad at an event in the morning, Warren declined to address it directly, but by evening, her campaign had shot back a response. More politics news Brown attacks Warren for use of Native...
View ArticleEasthampton school supporters launch drive in favor of Proposition 2 1/2...
The committee is holding a forum next week to answer questions on the override. Easthampton Mayor Michael A. Tautznik, left, is seen with School Committee chairman Peter T. Gunn. EASTHAMPTON – With...
View ArticleWilbraham selectmen tell Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee revenue...
The selectmen's interest is in looking out for the interests of the Wilbraham taxpapers, Selectman Robert Russell said. File photo by Dave Roback / The RepublicanThe Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School...
View Article'Dancing With the Stars' eliminates Pamela Anderson in week 1 of all-stars...
Viewer votes could not save the "Baywatch" beauty from elimination. It was a brief twirl on the dance floor for Playboy model Pamela Anderson, who became the first celebrity eliminated from Season 15...
View ArticleLong-delayed revamping of Springfield zoning ordinance delayed some more;...
After 6-years in the making, the proposed new zoning code, which would address issues ranging from home-based businesses to conversion of old mills, was sent back to committee for further review....
View ArticleHolyoke City Council to consider disciplining assessors concerning...
The council president said the assessors can bring legal counsel to the meeting about the possible discipline. Anthony Dulude HOLYOKE -- The City Council will consider whether to discipline Chief...
View Article4 Monson fire chief finalists announced
Selectmen also approved hiring Daedalus Projects Inc.of Boston as the owner's project manager for the new Police Station-Town Office Building on downtown Main Street MONSON - The four finalists for...
View ArticleHolyoke police arrest Angel Torres saying he showed knife and took beer from...
Torres showed a military knife but no injuries were reported, police said. Republican file photo Related links Complete Holyoke coverage Follow Mike Plaisance on Twitter HOLYOKE – A man showing a...
View Article3 arrested in drive-by shooting in Connecticut
Schools in the Manchester area were ordered locked down while police scoured the area for a vehicle seen fleeing the scene. MANCHESTER, Conn. – A father and son and an unnamed juvenile are under...
View ArticleMitt Romney says Bill Clinton can 'do a man a lot of good'
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney is unlikely to win Bill Clinton's vote, but that doesn't mean he can't soak up a bit of the popular former president's luster. Republican presidential...
View ArticleAnn Romney says electing a Mormon a good signal about ending prejudice
Ann Romney says the election of her husband, a Mormon, would signal "that prejudices are left behind" just as the election of President Barack Obama sent that signal. In this photo provided by NBC,...
View ArticleCBS 3 video: Springfield police officer reacts to parole request by Juan Ortiz
Juan Ortiz was convicted in 1985 for the slaying of Springfield police officers Alain Beauregard and Michael Schiavina. Citing his excellent prison record, acceptance of responsibility and remorse for...
View ArticleCampaigns of Mitt Romney, Sen. Scott Brown take issue with absentee ballot...
Brown and Romney, although distant on the campaign trail, share a number of staff members and a top advisor, Eric Fehrnstrom. In this photo taken Jan. 19, 2010, former Massachusetts Gov. and...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: iPhone lines a sad commentary, Brown key bipartisan...
Letter writer: I pray that the day is not far off when love and devotion among couples of all ages regardless of sexual orientation will be celebrated and hateful letters calling it a perversion are a...
View ArticleBig E's Farm-A-Rama brings out the inner child
WEST SPRINGFIELD – When it comes to watching the chicks hatch in the Big E’s Farm-A-Rama, the old kids sometimes outnumber the young ones. A recent visit there found in the Stroh Building found a...
View ArticleEditorial: 'Fast and Furious' report: error not conspiracy
What the report did not find was some kind of effort from the top to remake the facts or cover them up. Ineptitude is not conspiracy. Nor is dysfunction. Or plain old human error. To have heard...
View ArticlePro-immigration reform group keeping an eye on Senate race between Scott...
America’s Voice called Brown, the incumbent Republican, a “hard-liner” on immigration who supported the Republican filibuster of the DREAM Act and opposed President Barack Obama’s executive order that...
View ArticleWestfield State University wins $500,000 to study design of new science building
Holyoke Heritage State Park also received money for improvements. The Republican file photo | Dave RobackPeople from Westfield State University take part in the Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Anti-Bullying...
View ArticleSpringfield South End residents voice support for citywide vote on casinos...
A City Council committee is polling neighborhoods on whether they favor a citywide vote or ward vote on casinos. MGM Resorts International recently unveiled plans to build an $800 million casino...
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