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Area residents at Greenfield meeting argue for keeping both Western...
Massachusetts has 10 congressional seats and advocates from the eastern portion of the state, like the Boston-based group Fair Districts Mass., are pushing to eliminate one out west. View full...
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Holyoke officials and residents try to agree on redistricting proposal that...
The city redistricting plan must have nearly equal populations in all seven wards and be in the state's hands June 15. File photo | The RepublicanHolyoke City Hall. HOLYOKE – The public spoke, and now...
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Mohegan Sun officials visit Ware to pitch Palmer casino plan
It would take 18 months to build a resort casino in Palmer, across from the Massachusetts Turnpike exit 8, Etess said. The latest rendering of the Mohegan Sun casino project in Palmer. WARE – Mohegan...
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Holyoke's Joshua Garcia makes first run for office by targeting Ward 1 School...
Joshua Garcia, 25, works at the Holyoke Housing Authority and is getting a master's at Westfield State University. Submitted photoJoshua A. Garcia, candidate for Holyoke School Committee Ward 1...
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Springfield police looking for man suspected of passing phony money at State...
Police were able to review surveillance footage at the drug store to see who passed the fake bills. Springfield Police photoA suspect wanted by Springfield Police in connection with the passing of...
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Springfield police, fire spared layoffs in Mayor Sarno's budget proposal
By attrition, 12 fire department positions and 16 police jobs will be eliminated under the mayor’s budget, according to city officials. Republican file photoWilliam Fitchet SPRINGFIELD – No police or...
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Springfield police arrest city resident Roberto Vega for 'one-man crime spree'
Roberto Vega, 45, of 27 Alice St. in Springfield is facing felony charges for three burglaries after police say he was identified by a victim who caught him in the act. Springfield Police PhotoRoberto...
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Former teacher Lawrence Bottone pleads not guilty to torturing young men...
Lawrence Bottone of Stamford, Conn., a former Connecticut teacher who once served time in prison after being caught on videotape abusing his students pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he beat...
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2011 Valley Food Championship Pizza Playoffs: Last chance to vote in Round 2!
Polls close at noon on Wednesday, and your vote could decide some very tight races! Have you exercised your right as a citizen of the MassLive.com Community and voted in Round 2 of the 2011 Valley...
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Nicholas LaHines of Conn. charged with manufacturing explosives and...
Nicholas LaHines, 37, Bridgeport, Conn. was arrested in the Bronx on May 19 after he allegedly sold eight explosive cylinders to a confidential informant of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force....
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Westfield High School band seeks funding for New York City tribute to 9/11...
Three Westfield natives were killed in the attack on the Twin Towers. File photo by David Molnar / The RepublicanMembers of the Westfield High School band marches in the St. Patrick's Parade in...
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Mass. House to debate human trafficking bill
The Massachusetts House is set to debate a bill designed to crack down on those involved in the sex trade of young people. File photo | The RepublicanMassachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says...
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RI House approves cyberbullying rules for schools
Rhode Island schools would have a single, statewide policy to combat cyberbullying under legislation approved Tuesday by House lawmakers. At least 20 percent of schoolchildren report being the victim...
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Pakistani pediatrician recalls children treated from bin Laden's home
The intelligence agents told the 67-year-old doctor they traced him from prescriptions he had written that were found in the bin Laden house. They questioned him for several hours and left, satisfied...
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South Hadley High's Maurice Disley wins AIC Student of Character Scholarship
Disley, who plans on being a commuter student, called the award "the biggest moment of my life." Staff photo by John SuchockiMaurice "PJ" Disley, a South Hadley honors student who plans a career as a...
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Your Comments: readers react to Westfield High School principal lifting...
On Tuesday, Westfield High School Principal Raymond K. Broderick lifted 10-day suspensions for four seniors, responsible for “bad choice” incidents that occurred on the Montgomery Road campus last...
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Chicopee candidates slow to take out election papers
A college student could challenge Michael D. Bissonnette for mayor. Republican file photo CHICOPEE – The city’s election season is off to a slow start with eight people having returned nomination...
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AM News Links: Mass. town sees groundwater supply tainted; Conn. student...
Ware's historic theater finally sees its demise, Vietnam veteran turns haunting images into award-winning sculptures and more headlines. FILE In this Thursday, May 25, 2006 file photo, an unidentified...
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Sunrise report: Forecast, poll and more for Wednesday June 1
Today's poll: Can Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama in the 2012 election? Submitted photoFrederick Czupkiewicz, of South Hadley, throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park in Boston Monday in the Boston...
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4 North Adams women, charged with stealing from Kohl's in West Springfield,...
The four women were released on their own recognizance. (Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen)03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen â A West Springfield Police Department cruiser. WEST SPRINGFIELD – Four...
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