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Patrick Cahillane sworn in as Hampshire sheriff
01-05-2017 12:34 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — There’s a new sheriff in town.At his swearing-in ceremony in Hampshire Superior Court on Wednesday, Patrick J. Cahillane, 58, took the oath of office, marking the beginning of his tenure as the chief administrator at the county jail and...

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Oh, deer: Northampton police employ use of drone for first-ever field operation
04-09-2017 3:19 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — As the city slept, the deer ran free.At some point Thursday evening, police said, a tree at Look Park fell and left an escape route open in one of the enclosures that hold two deer. On Friday morning, when park staff realized the deer...


Police allege former high school girls basketball coach Richard Mousette exposed himself to teen girls
04-06-2017 8:48 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — At least six women have accused former Hampshire Regional High School girls basketball coach Richard Moussette of exposing himself to them individually on multiple occasions when they were high school students between 2009 and 2012,...


Police charge Springfield man who allegedly passed counterfeit $100 bills
04-05-2017 5:03 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Police charged a Springfield man in connection with a string of reports, all in the same day, involving the passing of several counterfeit $100 bills.Robert M. Walter, 45, faces three counts each of uttering a counterfeit note and...


Constituents sit down with Rep. Kocot, urge support for end-of-life options bill
04-02-2017 9:16 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Area constituents came together recently in a sit-down meeting with Rep. Peter Kocot to urge the lawmaker to support proposed legislation enabling terminally ill patients to be prescribed medication that would accelerate their already...


Northampton Police arrest 10 men on sex-for-money charges
03-24-2017 11:46 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — The operation was straightforward — an online advertisement showcasing “partially clothed females”; the men contact them; they meet discreetly at a hotel. Once the men ask for sex and offer cash, the police move in and make the...


Pine Spa allowed to reopen as human trafficking investigation continues
03-21-2017 10:59 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — After a three-month hiatus, a Florence massage business at the center of a human trafficking investigation has reopened after fixing the health violations that led the city’s Board of Health to condemn the space.On Tuesday, the neon...


Woman who prosecutors say tormented Phoebe Prince once again facing criminal harassment charges
02-28-2017 10:14 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

BELCHERTOWN — A woman who admitted being one of several teenagers to bully 15-year-old South Hadley High School student Phoebe Prince before she took her life in 2010, is back in court — facing criminal harassment charges in a new case.In the new...


Former St. Mary's Church in downtown Northampton now for sale
02-06-2017 5:30 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — The former St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church and the nearby properties, including the neighboring rectory and parking lot, are officially on the market.While the Springfield Diocese confirmed Friday that it is seeking buyers for the...


Bail set at $25,000 for South Hadley home invasion suspect
01-09-2017 7:15 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — The attorney for one of the three men accused in carrying out a South Hadley home invasion last November in which one person was shot in the stomach told a judge on Friday that his client didn’t know one of his alleged co-assailants was...


Murder suspect in Amherst shooting case pleads not guilty in Superior Court
01-07-2017 12:40 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Soknang Chham, the New Salem man prosecutors say shot and killed a 31-year-old Amherst man in October, pleaded not guilty Friday to a slew of charges he is now facing in Hampshire Superior Court.Police say Chham, 33, and his brother,...


Smith College equestrian team dropped from varsity lineup, WITH VIDEO
01-04-2017 12:56 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Smith College is transitioning its varsity equestrian team into a club sport, a move that has drawn considerable backlash since the plan’s announcement last month.The move from varsity to club status will allow the college to “focus its...


Florence man gets 20 to 25 years in prison for child rape
12-20-2016 11:11 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Moments before the two little girls faced their abuser for the last time, the bikers gathered around them — a wall of black leather vests — as they walked into the courthouse. They had nothing to fear, the bikers assured the girls.The...


South Hadley man charged in death of Westfield pizza delivery driver
12-14-2016 1:09 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — A grand jury handed up a vehicular homicide charge for a South Hadley man police said caused a fatal, two-vehicle crash in May that claimed the life of Thomas Flanagan, a 29-year-old Westfield man and father of two who was delivering...


Patrick Bemben, accused in October Amherst home invasion, indicted on 11 charges
12-14-2016 1:09 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — The college student accused in a drug-related home invasion two months ago now faces nearly a dozen charges in Superior Court, after being indicted by a grand jury last week.Patrick Bemben, 25, is slated to be arraigned early next year....


Man reports he was robbed at knifepoint after using ATM in downtown Northampton
11-30-2016 11:42 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Police are searching for a man they say robbed another man at knifepoint downtown Tuesday evening.A 33-year-old man told authorities a Hispanic male, who appeared to be in his late 20s, approached the victim around 10:30 p.m. while at...


Man assaulted Walmart customer because he was distraught over Trump win, police say
11-10-2016 8:24 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — The morning after the votes were cast and the markets were sent into a frenzy and Donald Trump addressed a stunned electorate, a distraught city man wept inside a Wal-Mart.“How do I explain to my daughter that we have a sexist bully as...


Cara Rintala sentenced to life in prison without parole
10-13-2016 12:18 AM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — Moments before she was sentenced Wednesday to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering her wife, Cara Rintala trudged to a seat beside her attorneys.The shackles around her ankles clanked and dragged along the wooden floor as...


Cara Rintala guilty of first-degree murder
10-08-2016 1:46 PM

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — A cacophony of gasps and sharp exhales from both sides of the courtroom broke the silence Friday afternoon when the jury announced its guilty verdict in the third murder trial of Cara Rintala.The Hampshire Superior Court jury of five...

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