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In Eastern Hampshire District Court Tuesday before Judge W. Michael Goggins:

LACUS, Paul A., 28, Chicopee, was found innocent on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, second offense.

LAVALLEE, Jeremy, 29, 463 Rocky Hill Road, Florence, was found innocent on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

Belchertown custody struggle escalates: Kidnapping charged in two-year dispute

NORTHAMPTON - A two-year-old international custody battle resulted in criminal charges Tuesday when a judge issued an arrest warrant for a former Belchertown woman accused of abducting her 2-year-old daughter.

District Courts

In Eastern Hampshire District Court Tuesday before Judge Maureen Walsh:

BUCKLEY-BRAWNER, Krysten V., 31, Granby, had dismissed upon payment of $50 in court costs a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Sentenced to jail

Area Police News

Police alert residents to string of break-ins

AMHERST - Police are asking residents of North Amherst apartment complexes to be aware of suspicious people and to keep their doors and windows locked following a string of recent break-ins, including one Monday night in which burglars were still inside when the resident returned home.

Sustained pursuit of library grant rankles Belchertown residents

BELCHERTOWN - A no vote at last week's Town Meeting should have ended the debate over funding an expansion of Clapp Memorial Library, two residents told the Board of Selectmen Monday.

Around Belchertown: Clapp library trustees seek grant deadline extension

In the wake of Tuesday's defeat of a proposed expansion and renovation of Clapp Memorial Library, the library's trustees are applying for a six-month extension of the deadline to accept a state construction grant.

Belchertown votes no on library project

BELCHERTOWN -Voters rejected borrowing for a $9.3 million expansion and renovation of Clapp Memorial Library at a special Town Meeting Tuesday.

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