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HADLEY — At least three churches in Hadley and Amherst will be lighting luminaries to brighten the exterior of their buildings and remind passers-by of this weekend’s Easter services, while also collecting canned food for local food pantries.An...

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GRANBY – Granby Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects who allegedly used a dump truck to steal $100,000 from a PeoplesBank stand-alone ATM machine in January. On Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 1:26 a.m., police responded to 77...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Northwestern district attorney’s office is leading a gun buyback event April 13 at the Northampton and Greenfield police departments in an effort to put unwanted firearms out of commission.People who drop off weapons will receive...

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NORTHAMPTON — Gov. Maura T. Healey has recommended the appointment of Mark Ames as Hampshire County register of Probate and Family Court.Ames has been temporary register since Michael Carey’s retirement Jan. 16. “Mark Ames has dedicated his career to...

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CHICOPEE — A 35-year-old man was killed in a car-to-car shooting on Interstate 391 south in Chicopee Tuesday evening, state police reported.Troopers from the Springfield barracks responded to the scene after receiving a report of the shooting around...

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SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health has appointed Peter D. Banko president and chief executive officer, succeeding Dr. Mark Keroack.Banko was most recently president and CEO of Centura Health in Colorado.“Among a slate of high-qualified candidates, Peter...

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HOLYOKE — Three men are facing drug charges after police searched two Newton Street addresses and two vehicles associated with them and seized large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine, an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and over $25,000 in cash,...

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 The number of single-family homes sold in Hampshire County were up by 16% in January over the same month last year, the first time that home sales have gone up year-over-year since the summer of 2021, according to real estate data analysts at The...

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NORTHAMPTON — Two billboards going up in prominent spots in Northampton and Greenfield will call attention to the prevalence of intimate partner violence in the community, offering phone numbers to call for help. Staff with the Northwestern district...

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SOUTH HADLEY — A South Hadley man was ordered held on $3,000 bail following his arraignment Thursday in Eastern Hampshire District Court on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, subsequent offense, possession of a firearm...

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BOSTON — An updated and, for the first time, online edition of the Handbook for Massachusetts Select Board Members has been dedicated to the late Stephen Kulik.A longtime state legislator and town official from Worthington, Kulik was described in a...

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Less than a month after it began enforcing a longstanding policy restricting the use of anesthesia during colonoscopies and other procedures, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is pausing that action after physicians statewide lobbied the insurer...

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HATFIELD — Nomination forms to run for elective office in Hatfield at the May 21 annual town election will be available at the town clerk’s office at Town Hall starting Feb. 5.Following are the positions and the incumbents in those seats, according to...

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NORTHAMPTON — Mark S. Ames has been appointed temporary register of probate for Hampshire County’s Probate and Family Court, following Michael Carey’s retirement from the position.Ames, of Northampton, was sworn in Jan. 16 by First Justice Diana Velez...

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NORTHAMPTON — State grants totaling $10 million for communities hit by last year’s flooding have been announced by the Healey-Driscoll administration. The neighboring Franklin County towns of Deerfield and Conway topped the money list, with awards of...

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A recent donation of 132 acres to Hilltown Land Trust will link Williamsburg’s Briar Hill Conservation Area to the DAR State Forest in Goshen, extending hiking trails and wildlife corridors, conservation officials announced Friday.Spread across the...

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HADLEY — A federal judge has dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Trader Joe’s against Trader Joe’s United, the independent union of store workers.The national grocery chain filed suit in July 2023, alleging that the union’s line of...

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NORTHAMPTON — Several area towns have landed grants for culvert repairs from the Department of Fish and Game’s Division of  Ecological Restoration.Towns receiving grants include:■Chester, Abbott Brook , $55,361This award supports efforts to replace...

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WASHINGTON — Saying U.S. actions have added to the suffering of the Cuban people, Massachusetts lawmakers, including both senators, Rep. Jim McGovern and four other House members, are pressing President Biden to remove the Caribbean nation from the...

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HOLYOKE — An ongoing pop-up project in which a screenprinter and local artists make clothing and household items that can be used as holiday gifts continues Dec. 15.Paper City Clothing Co., run by screenprinter Carols Peña, is coordinating the...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Chicopee man was sentenced to seven to nine years in state prison Tuesday for several crimes in connection with a 2021 shooting in Ware, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Hampshire Superior Court Judge James...