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Springfield School Committee to hire 80 new school janitors
The quality of maintenance at Springfield schools varied widely before EduClean was hired. File photo | The RepublicanA custodian at Springfield Central High School uses a scrubbing machine to help...
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With 2011 Springfield Vintage Grand Prix nixed, organizers and city officials...
Mayor Domenic Sarno and race organizers denied there was a dispute over the city's demand for a $300,000 performance bond. Updates a story posted Monday at 1:57 p.m. SPRINGFIELD – Gentlemen, shut off...
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West Side's Taste of the Valley returns to Town Common
The annual event on the Park Street Town Common will include at least 15 restaurants and concession stands. Pintu's Indian restaurant will return to the 2011 West Side's Taste of the Valley on the...
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Apocalypse later: Radio host Harold Camping says world's end actually coming...
We're not out of the woods yet – Camping says he was off by 5 months. Associated PressHarold Camping speaks during a taping of his show "Open Forum" in Oakland, Calif., Monday, May 23, 2011. Camping...
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Tornado devestation unfathomable for many survivors; Pioneer Valley relief...
The local chapter of the American Red Cross will send two workers to help with relief efforts in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo. The American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter on Tuesday will deploy a...
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The Boston Celtics will play a preseason game against the Philadelphia 76ers...
If 2008's soldout game between the Celts and Sixers at the Mullins Center is an indicator, this October's matchup should be equally popular with hoops fans from around the Pioneer Valley. Republican...
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AM News Links: How to spot a psychopath, Springfield earns dubious...
Obama praises Northern Ireland as a model for peace, powerful storms continue to brew in Missouri, and more of this morning's headlines. AP Photo/Bullit MarquezChildren play in floodwaters following a...
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Continued storms complicate rescue efforts after Midwest tornadoes, as death...
President Barack Obama said he would travel to Missouri on Sunday to meet with people whose lives have been turned upside down by the twister. JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Rescue crews worked into the...
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32-year-old man, found with gunshot wound at Shell station in Northampton,...
Holyoke police are probing the shooting, reported shortly after 5 a.m. 03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen â A Northampton Police Department cruiser. NORTHAMPTON - A 32-year-old Florence man,...
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Springfield car crashes into utility pole, closes section of Allen Street
The driver who struck the utility pole was uninjured in the Tuesday morning crash, but a stretch of Allen Street was closed to traffic as workers secured the damaged pole. Republican file photoA...
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Springfield police respond to child abduction incident; infant recovered...
Details of the case remain sketchy, but city police said the unidentified infant is safe after being found at a North End address shortly before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Republican file photoSpringfield...
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DNA evidence said to link ex-IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn to NY maid
The forensic evidence is the first to link Strauss-Kahn to the woman. Associated PressMembers of the media record video outside the entrance to 71 Broadway in New York on Sunday, May 22, 2011, where...
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Your comments: Readers react to 'Springfield vintage car race canceled'
Readers weigh in on the cancellation of the July Springfield Vintage Grand Prix Race. Logo for the Springfield vintage grand prix The much anticipated Springfield Vintage Grand Prix Race set to be...
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Gov. Deval Patrick, former budget aide to testify in trial of former Speaker...
Leslie Kirwan, former secretary of administration and finance, will testify that DiMasi seemed "intensely interested" in rigged software deal. An updated version of this story is now available at...
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Northampton council approves restructuring of health board
Because the board currently has only three members, a conversation between two of them would constitute a quorum and trigger the Open Meeting law. Republican file photoNorthampton City Hall...
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Liquor license approved for F.L. Roberts Mobil station on Boston Road in...
F.L. Roberts has two other liquor licenses for Mobil stations in Springfield. WILBRAHAM – The Board of Selectmen Monday night approved a license for the F.L. Roberts Mobil Station at 2788 Boston Road...
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Developing: Noemy Ramos, arrested in connection with weekend murder of Carlos...
Ramos was ordered held on $150,000 cash bail or $1.5 million surety. Springfield Police photoNoemy Ramos SPRINGFIELD – Family members of the late Carlos E. Beslanga burst into sobs Tuesday morning in...
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Body of Camden Hughes, 6, found along Maine road, returned to Texas for funeral
A long-time family friend said that the boy's grandfather, brother and father traveled to Maine to retrieve his remains. View full sizeAssociated Press photoThis undated handout photo provided by...
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2nd teen, Jordan Errichetto, charged in Pittsfield cemetery vandalism
His lawyer, Jill Sheldon, said that her client “vehemently denies” involvement in the vandalism last month. PITTSFIELD – Police have arrested a second teenager in connection with a vandalism spree at...
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Average home price in Massachusetts declines
But the median price of condominiums reportedly increased over the same period. BOSTON – The Massachusetts housing market continued to struggle in April with sales and median prices both down from the...
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