Case ends Frontier volleyball season

ASHLAND - Another state semifinal appearance, another frustrating loss for the Frontier regional girls volleyball team.

The Red Hawks struggled with unforced errors and missed services, and Joseph Case High School took advantage in a 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 26-24 victory in the State Division 3 Tournament on Wednesday night at Ashland High School.

Appeals board to weigh Sugarbush development

Sunderland - Sugarbush Meadows, the long-disputed housing development proposed for Route 116 and Plumtree Road, is now in the hands of a court.

Marion Rhodes, longtime chemistry professor

SUNDERLAND - Marion Rhodes, UMass Professor Emeritus, of Sunderland, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

Linda Stansmore, UMass professor

SUNDERLAND - Linda Lockwood Stansmore was born on May 25, 1936, and passed away on Nov. 15, 2009, from Alzheimer's disease at her home in Sunderland.

Man arrested in Sunderland on vandalism charge

SUNDERLAND - A Hadley Road man was arrested Monday night on charges of vandalism and trying to break into a home.

Adam Cicia, 28, of 35 Hadley Road, apartment 219, has been charged with malicious or wanton destruction of property, attempt to commit a crime (breaking and entering) and assault and battery on a police officer. He pleaded innocent to the charges.

Sunderland man charged in beating

SUNDERLAND - An Amherst Road man was arrested early Sunday morning on charges related to the beating of two women in the parking lot at Cliffside apartments.

Dylan Campbell, 21, of 248 Amherst Road, Sunderland, has been charged with two counts of assault and battery and one count of threatening to commit a crime (murder). He pleaded innocent to all of the charges.

Area Police News

Police: Men brawl inside minivan

NORTHAMPTON - Two men were arrested after an alleged brawl inside a minivan parked on Old South Street Monday afternoon.

Wayne H. Ascioti, 48, of 472 North King St., and Joseph Stanley Borowski, 42, of 5 Linden St., were arrested about 3:40 p.m. on charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery.