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V-One Vodka cited by Web startup voting site
V-One Vodka, the brainchild of Hadley businessman Paul J. Kozub, was selected as not only the best vodka for overall quality, but the best vodka to use in a martini, according to Pikimal.com. The...
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Monson school administrative offices to move out of Granite Valley Middle...
Most of the administrative offices were moved out of Hillside School in September 2008 as a way to save money for the school district. Patrice Dardenne MONSON – The superintendent’s office will move...
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AM News Links: Bears invade Northampton playground; economically depressed...
Gas will run you a buck more per gallon than it did this time last year; Connecticut cops respond to a triple motorcycle crash in Meriden; and more of this morning's news. AP Photo / The Paris News,...
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WFCR's Bob Paquette, host of Morning Edition, dies from suspected heart attack
Paquette, 55, Senior News Producer at WFCR, was an award-winning journalist and a respected member of the Western Mass. community. Photo courtesy of WFCRBob Paquette, 55, Senior News Producer and host...
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Memorial Day comes as troops fight in Afghanistan
U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan paused Monday to remember the fallen in Memorial Day services, as a war nearly a decade old trudges on. U.S. soldiers holds candles to mark the Memorial Day at the...
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Brockton honors local soldier killed in Iraq
A plaque paying tribute to Army Capt. Anthony Palermo Jr. is scheduled to be unveiled at City Hall Plaza on Monday after the city's annual Memorial Day Parade. Captain Anthony Palermo's Memorial...
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Women breaking down barriers in the military, but not in special forces
While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky roles across the military, there are still some doors that are closed. Chief among those are the special...
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Residents, veterans honor war dead at St. Michael's Cemetery in Springfield
An estimated 250 residents and veterans gathered in the rain Monday at St. Michael's Cemetery, paying a Memorial Day tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in war. 05/26/11 -Springfield- Chicopee...
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Hundreds remember departed veterans at Amherst Memorial Day ceremony
For Florence veteran Thomas J. Coogan Memorial Day brings back bad memories of combat in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Photo by Diane Lederman/RepublicanThomas J. Coogan, left, of Florence...
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Holyoke's Memorial Day includes honoring of the late Marine Clayton K. Hough...
The morning rain cancelled the Memorial Day parade in Holyoke, but the ceremony to honor the nation's fallen proceeded in the War Memorial building. Staff photo by Mark M. MurrayGeorge E. Hogan, a...
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Easthampton honors nation's veterans, city's own 100 residents killed in...
Easthampton honored the nation's veterans, including its 100 residents who have been killed in action since the Civil War, with a parade Monday followed by a solemn ceremony on the lawn of the Emily...
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Obituaries today: David Cambo worked at UMass-Amherst maintenance department
Obituaries from The Republican. David A. Cambo David A. "Tex" Cambo, 74, of Ludlow, died on Friday. Born in Palmer, he grew up in Three Rivers and was a graduate of Palmer High School. He lived in...
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Amherst officials want Chancellor Robert C. Holub to remain in the position
Tony Maroulis, the executive director of the Amherst area Chamber of Commerce, sent a letter in support of Holub to UMass president Jack Wilson. Republican file photoUMass chancellor Robert C. Holub...
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Brian Hurley of Springfield charged with forklift attack on girlfriend during...
The victim told police Hurley lifted her car with a forklift and then dropped it to the ground - with her inside it. The Republican file photo Springfield Police photoBrian Hurley SPRINGFIELD - A...
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Chicopee remembers fallen heros with Memorial Day events
Rain canceled the parade but some programs were held indoors. Republican file photoThe World War One monument at the Veteran's Memorial Plaza next to the former Chicopee High School.Find more Memorial...
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Mass. economy brightening, except on Beacon Hill
After years of plummeting revenues and soaring jobless numbers, the fiscal dark clouds appear to be lifting in Massachusetts. File photo / Associated PressAlthough the economic outlook across the...
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West Springfield honors Korean War casualty Robert J. Toress
Toress’ name has also long been inscribed on one of ten Courts of the Missing at the National Military Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. WEST SPRINGFIELD – Mary A. Melloni remembers trying...
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P.M. News Links: PBS & Lockheed Martin sustain cyber attacks; cucumbers kill...
PBS was hacked over a Wikileaks report, Lockheed Martin reported an unrelated cyber attack and more headlines. John Garfield visits the grave of his mother, U.S. Air Force Sgt. Nancy Garfield, a...
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Western Massachusetts' communities pause to think of sacrifices made by...
Some parades were canceled because of the rain, but remarks honoring veterans and ceremonies such as wreath placements and taps were held. Republican Photo by Mark M. Murray Kenneth Tenney, left and...
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NRC holds public meeting about Pilgrim nuclear power plant
Federal nuclear regulators have scheduled a public meeting in Plymouth this week to discuss the safety performance of that town's Pilgrim nuclear plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent an...
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