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NORTHAMPTON — Two people charged in connection with an illegal marijuana grow in Southampton pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Northampton District Court while a third suspect is scheduled for arraignment next Monday.Trinity Washburn, 40, and Brandon...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — A former UMass Amherst student convicted of raping a woman who accidentally fell asleep in his dorm room was sentenced to three to five years in state prison on Tuesday.Judge Richard Carey sentenced Ryder Chilcoff, of Villa Park,...

By BRIAN STEELE

LEVERETT — A sixth grade student at Leverett Elementary School, known as a soccer star who liked to compete with his friends to see who could read the most books, drowned on Sunday in Puerto Rico after he was swept away by violent waves.The family of...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — Darly Henry, the director of Linda Manor Assisted Living in Leeds for the past year, has resigned effective Feb. 18 amid an ongoing controversy with residents’ families over an alleged deterioration of the quality of care in the Life...

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NORTHAMPTON — Police have obtained warrants for the arrests of two people from Flint, Michigan, accused of stealing more than $1,800 worth of gift cards and merchandise from the Northampton Walmart using a fake debit card, part of an alleged...

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NORTHAMPTON — Superior Court Judge Richard Carey granted bail to murder defendant Cara Rintala on Tuesday, about a month after the state’s highest court overturned the 54-year-old’s 2016 conviction for the murder of her wife in Granby.At a hearing...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — Every time that David Murphy faced a challenge to his tenure as Elector Under the Oliver Smith Will, his opponent received nine votes or less. That is, until Mary “Mimi” Odgers unseated Murphy in Tuesday’s city election with 3,278 votes...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty Friday to stealing $16,794 worth of batteries from 13 Big Y stores in four  Massachusetts counties.Brian Caldwell, 49, of Windham, New Hampshire, was sentenced in Hampshire Superior Court to two years...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — Following an attack in Pulaski Park that left a man with head injuries, the city is taking steps to enforce ordinances against sleeping and storing personal possessions at the downtown public park overnight.On Tuesday, the city announced...

By BRIAN STEELE

BELCHERTOWN — State and local economic development officials announced Wednesday that Brisa Ventures LLC has purchased a 12-acre parcel at Carriage Grove, the site of the former Belchertown State School that closed in 1992, with plans to build 100 new...

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NORTHAMPTON — City and state officials are seeking more information from Coca-Cola after the beverage giant announced that it would close the bottling plant at 45 Industrial Drive in summer 2023, leaving its 319 employees to find new jobs.“We’re...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — The Roundhouse municipal parking lot is fully fenced off as workers prepare to expand and repave it, while less than 50 feet away still sits the homeless tent encampment that Mayor David Narkewicz wanted vacated by Thursday.MASS-WEST...

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NORTHAMPTON — The commercial retail building at 175 Main St., formerly home to the iconic store Faces, has sold to a Vermont property developer for nearly $3 million.Redstone Commercial Group, of Burlington, Vermont, bought the 33,228-square-foot...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Police Department marked an historic milestone last week as it works to hire more female officers.From 11 p.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday, a patrol shift was composed of all women for the first time in the city’s history.The Police...