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Photo: Dorothy Omasta, lifelong Brattleboro resident

Dorothy Omasta, lifelong Brattleboro resident

Brattleboro, Vt. - Dorothy A. Omasta of Chestnut Street, Brattleboro, entered eternal glory on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at Pine Heights Nursing Home after a short illness.

Born Oct. 23, 1934, in Brattleboro, she was the daughter of the late George A. and Anna Y. Omasta. She attended local schools and was a graduate of Brattleboro High School, class of 1953.

Photo: Frederick ¿Joe' Drake, Vietnam veteran

Frederick 'Joe' Drake, Vietnam veteran

WESTFIELD - Frederick A. "Joe" Drake, 70, of Airport Industrial Drive, passed away Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, at the Holyoke Medical Center.

Photo: Jammed

Jammed: Reforms stall on gun use, expos

WESTFIELD - A year after an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself with a machine gun at a firearms exhibition in Westfield, reforms regulating the use of automatic weapons and gun expos have stalled in the commonwealth.

Scrambling for space, college makes move

WESTFIELD - In need of student housing and fast, Westfield State College is contracting with an outside company to build a 90-unit dormitory downtown.

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