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CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)

Monday, May 20, 2013

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Father Bill Hamilton is sworn in as police department chaplain Wednesday at the Easthampton Public Safety Complex. SARAH CROSBY

Rev. William Hamilton first Easthampton police chaplain

Monday, May 20, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — The newest person to wear an Easthampton Police Department badge is not a young recruit. He is a 60-year-old Catholic priest who said he will devote himself to supporting the city’s officers as they deal with a demanding, sometimes dangerous job. The Rev. William J. Hamilton, a longtime area priest now … 0

Belchertown attorney Michael J. Pasterczyk stripped of law license for pocketing client’s insurance settlement

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — A Belchertown attorney has been disbarred and will be unable to practice law in Massachusetts after he kept a client’s insurance settlement from an auto accident. The state Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of the Board of Bar Overseers in stripping Michael J. Pasterczyk of his license to practice law. According to a copy of the SJC decision, in April … 0

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