Daily Hampshire Gazette - Established 1786
Cloudy
57°
Cloudy
Hi 84° | Lo 66°

Police / Fire / Courts

Lightning strike leaves Whately home ‘uninhabitable’

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

WHATELY— A home in Whately caught on fire after it was struck by a bolt of lightning, according to news reports. At 3:22 a.m. today a structure fire was reported on Laurel Mountain Road in Whately. Backup from South Deerfield, Deerfield and Conway were requested, according to FireGround360, which posts emergency responder scanner alerts on Facebook. ABC40 is reporting a mother, father and daughter were inside the two-story house when … 0

Storm-related mishap causes delay in newspaper delivery

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — The print edition of today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette will be delivered later than usual due to problems with the printing press that occurred during Tuesday night’s wind storm. It was unclear Wednesday morning what the malfunction was that has delayed delivery. The Daily Hampshire Gazette finished printing today’s edition by around 7:30 a.m. Delivery has already commenced, although it is unclear … 0

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

Cities & Towns »
Read our local coverage for
a specific town
Local Photography »
Doug Laroche of Hampshire Regional, right, gets tagged out at first by Matt Serra of Monson on a pick from the pitcher Tuesday at Hampshire. JERREY ROBERTS Tuesday’s high schools: Hampshire baseball qualifies for postseason
The Laprade's game is kept in a box covered with pictures of their family that ran in the local papers. Custom trivia game reveals generations of Laprade family lore
Left, Dawud Lubieddin's things are laid out where a bench used to be on Main Street Northampton. Lubieddin talks with Abd Lomax of Northampton. Fewer Northampton benches in effort to curb loitering
Other Local News
Fewer Northampton benches in effort to curb loitering
From News »
Northampton to study Bridge Road traffic after complaints 
From News »
Tuesday’s high schools: Hampshire baseball qualifies for postseason
From Sports »
Bruins on verge of East finals, lead Rangers 3-0
From Sports »
Editorial: Healing the IRS
From Opinion »
Bruce Watson: Sam the Scam takes your questions
From Opinion »
Custom trivia game reveals generations of Laprade family lore
From Living »
Elizabeth Slade: Weeding out core beliefs between our parents, ourselves
From Living »
Hollywood has its eye on Sunderland
From Arts & Entertainment »
11th annual Sojourner Truth event Sunday in Florence 
From Arts & Entertainment »
Diezel, a Dutch Shepherd police dog owned by UMass Canine Officer Liana Varosky, searches Thursday for marijuana in vehicles during a K9 training event held at UMass. The task is part of the yearly certification required for all police dogs. SARAH CROSBY

At UMass K9 training, dogs build, prove police skills

Friday, May 17, 2013

AMHERST — When too many students gather off-campus in Amherst, Diezel is there to help send them home. If a child gets lost in the woods or runs away from home, Diezel helps locate the missing youth. Should … 0

Area police news

Friday, May 17, 2013

Amherst ■ An Amherst man was arrested early Friday morning following a brief pursuit on the Route 116 bypass in which his vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and made a U-turn on the road that extends between Hadley and Sunderland. Gangi Bakarani, 34, of … 0

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Connecticut commuter trains collide, 60 hospitalized

Friday, May 17, 2013

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. About 700 people were on … 0

Man freed in drug lab scandal faces murder charge

Friday, May 17, 2013

BROCKTON (AP) — Authorities say a man freed from prison last year because of alleged mishandling of evidence in a state drug lab scandal has been charged with a fatal shooting in Brockton. Twenty-two-year-old Donta Hood was arraigned Friday on murder and gun-related charges in the fatal shooting … 0

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME - In this undated photo downloaded from the Union County Prosecutor’s website, Caleb “Kai’ Lawrence McGillvary is shown. McGillvary, 24, is being sought by New Jersey authorities on a murder warrant in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer he befriended in New York’s Times Square. The homeless hitchhiker had previously gained Internet and TV celebrity status by using a hatchet to intervene in an attack in California on a utility worker on Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Union County Prosecutor’s Office)

Coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest

Friday, May 17, 2013

ELIZABETH, N.J. — Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is credited with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb “Kai” McGillvary, whose … 0

A photo provided by New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas shows 19-year-old Akien Scott who is wanted in the Mother's Day shootings. Scott was arrested in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, Wednesday night May 15, 2013 police department spokeswoman Remi Braden said. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered

Friday, May 17, 2013

NEW ORLEANS — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother’s Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate … 0

Reporters gather outside the Novotel hotel during the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2013. A French police official says a thief or thieves stole about $1 million worth in jewelry inside a safe in a Novotel hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town’s film festival. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

$1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest

Friday, May 17, 2013

PARIS — Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening … 0

Cara Lee Rintala makes second attempt to have judge set bail 

Friday, May 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Cara Lee Rintala is asking a judge to set her bail to $250,000 while she awaits a new trial. Rintala, 46, formerly of Granby, is accused of the strangulation and beating death of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, 37, in the couple’s home March 29, 2010. … 0

Kenneth Russell of Haydenville held on $50,000 bail after denying drug charges

Friday, May 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — A 42-year-old Haydenville man is being held on $50,000 bail after denying drug charges Thursday in Northampton District Court. Kenneth E. Russell, 2 Laurel Road, pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of a Class B drug (marijuana) with intent to distribute and possession of a … 0

Police urge vigilance after recent burglaries of homes in Easthampton and Southampton

Friday, May 17, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — Police are asking people to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicles or people after homes were robbed this week in Easthampton and Southampton. Easthampton Detective Sgt. Mark Popielarczyk said the burglars appear to be breaking in during the day and getting away with electronics. “They’re … 0

Don't Miss This