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Last shuttle spacewalkers make history above Earth
All future spacewalks — including one during the final shuttle voyage this summer — will be performed by full-time space station residents. Associated PressIn this image from NASA television...
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G-8: Nations, banks to give $40 billion for Arab nations trying to establish...
$40 billion is the overall goal, but breakdowns by country and timetables are still under discussion. Associated PressPresident Barack Obama, center, walks with aide Reggie Love, third left, and Mike...
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ESPN writer Howard Bryant agrees to probation on domestic assault charge
Greenfield District Court Judge William Mazanec advised Bryant that he could be brought back up on charges of domestic assault and battery, resisting arrest and assault and battery on a police officer...
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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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Chicopee High School teacher Donald Cushing charged with statutory rape,...
He was ordered held on $150,000 bail after he denied sending a sexual text message with photos to a 15-year-old student. Photo by Mark M. Murray / The RepublicanChicopee High School mathematics...
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Granby schools superintendent Isabelina Rodriguez proposes $10.6 million budget
The proposed budget does not eliminate any full-time teaching jobs, she said, but there will be a reduction – though not eliminations – in technical, math and English programs. Isabelina Rodriguez...
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Thief tears restroom wall apart to get inside store to steal cigarettes and...
Cigarettes and chewing tobacco were stolen in the break-in, police said. File photo PALMER - A thief entered an unlocked restroom at the S&S/Valero has station on North Main Street early Thursday...
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Obituaries today: Walter Haas of Longmeadow, longtime social worker, civil...
Obituaries from The Republican Walter M. Haas LONGMEADOW - Walter M. Haas, 88 of Longmeadow and Naples, Fla., and formerly of Falmouth, Maine, passed away last Friday after a period of illness. Born...
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Michelle Bachmann notes 'calling' to run for president
Bachmann has made five visits recently to Iowa, where caucuses begin the presidential nominating process. Associated PressRep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., is seen on the set before the taping of Iowa...
View ArticleSevere thunderstorm watch declared for Western Massachusetts
The watch covers the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire, as well as parts of southern Vermont and New Hampshire. SPRINGFIELD - The National Weather Service has issued a severe...
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Northwestern DA Sullivan commemorates 30th anniversary of marathon trial of...
Sullivan gave awards to the officers and to St. James honoring their work in the case. Zive received a bouquet of flowers. NORTHAMPTON - More than 30 years after his murder, Leslie Zive showed he...
View ArticlePioneer Valley Christian School of Springfield celebrates graduation of 21...
The formal ceremony included performances by an a capella choir and a handbell choir. SPRINGFIELD – A class of 21 seniors graduated from the Pioneer Valley Christian School during a commencement...
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Holyoke library project gets $200,000 from PeoplesBank, with President...
Renovation of the 109-year-old library is needed to fix leaks and modernize services. Staff Photo by Dave RobackMurals adorn front lobby of Holyoke Public Library in November 2009 photo. HOLYOKE –...
View ArticleEasthampton breaks ground on new high school
City councilors, current and retired educators, members of several city boards and dozens of residents turned out to celebrate in the gymnasium. EASTHAMPTON – “If it takes a good family to build a new...
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Williston Northampton School lawyers seek diary, therapy notes of girl who...
Lawyers for the plaintiff have not asserted attorney-client privilege on the journal, but have on the redacted portions of the therapy notes, the motion says. View full sizeThe Republican / Dale...
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi urged...
Patrick became the first sitting governor to testify in a criminal trial in more than 15 years. This is an updated version of a story posted at 2:02 this afternoon. BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick...
View ArticleDeveloping: Ludlow police investigate Center Street bank robbery
The robbery was reported shortly after 3 p.m. LUDLOW - Town police are at the scene of a reported bank robbery at the Chicopee Savings Bank branch, 477 Center St., police said. Police were called to...
View ArticleHolyoke bridge vs. tractor-trailer truck, and truck loses
No one was injured in the truck accident with bridge, and on citations were issued. HOLYOKE – A tractor-trailer truck was damaged Friday because it didn’t fit under the bridge at Lyman and Main...
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Chicopee High School student had sex with teacher Donald Cushing 3 or 4 times...
The relationship between the 59-year-old special education math teacher and the girl began when they exchanged cell phone numbers and rapidly intensified from there, a police report says. Watch video...
View ArticleLudlow police searching for suspect in robbery of Chicopee Savings Bank branch
He was last scene fleeing the bank on foot, but Foye said there are indications he may have gotten into a car a few blocks away. This is an update to a story first posted at 5:39 p.m. LUDLOW - Police...
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