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By MIKE MAGEE
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Never again should the residents of the Quabbin region be fooled into believing that they will see any benefits from the Quabbin Reservoir.In the 1930s, the state took the entire towns of...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Women’s empowerment has long been one of the missions of Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. So having its CEO serve on the board of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance is likely a natural fit.Beth Spong was recently appointed to the board...
By JACOB NELSON
‘We do a little bit of everything,” says Andrea O’Brien of O’Brien Farm in Orange. “But mostly we milk cows.”Running a successful dairy farm requires commitment, perseverance and creativity. That’s especially true in recent times, as the costs of...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Change is brewing at Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co., which is set to become a worker-owned cooperative on July 1.Dean Cycon founded the business in 1993 and, having recently turned 70, is ready to hand the reins to his 16 employees.“Who...
By JULIAN MENDOZA
ORANGE — Twenty-nine high-end vehicles, most of which once belonged to a New Salem man arrested in August 2020 and found dead in an abandoned Holyoke warehouse two months later, were auctioned off at Orange Municipal Airport on June 4, generating...
By CHRIS LARABEE
Hamshaw Lumber Inc. has acquired Leader Home Centers’ five retail locations and will be transitioning those stores over the next month.The Keene, N.H.-based lumber company, which already has a location in Orange, has purchased Leader Home Centers,...
By DAVID McLELLAN
GREENFIELD — Lewis H. Starkey III was handed a life sentence without the possibility of parole Tuesday for the 2017 killing of Amanda Glover, in what prosecutors called a “classic” case of domestic violence.The 55-year-old was also sentenced to 10 to...
By JOSHUA SOLOMON
ORANGE — A Wendell man who authorities say shot and killed the woman he lived with in front of her son was ordered held without bail Monday on multiple charges Lewis H. Starkey III, 53, of Wendell was arraigned Monday on charges of murder, armed...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — A hearing on a motion to suppress information has been scheduled in the case of an Athol couple accused of a double homicide in Orange last year.The hearing is scheduled to start Sept. 25, and the trial is slated for April 2018.Joshua...
By DOMENIC POLI
BELCHERTOWN — The state’s plan to release timber rattlesnakes on an island in the Quabbin Reservoir is on hold indefinitely following a Fisheries and Wildlife Board vote Tuesday morning.This comes as welcome news for local residents and legislators...
By JACK SUNTRUP
ORANGE — Rodney Flagg sat under a lamp at the front of his bait and tackle shop tying up a batch of Winnie Squid flies. Every so often, the front door squeaked open, and a fisherman walked in.“That time of year!” one told Flagg, 79. The angler would...
ORANGE — A Franklin Superior Court grand jury has indicted Joshua Hart, 24, and Brittany Smith, 27, on murder and other charges in connection with the Oct. 5 home invasion and killing of Thomas Harty and attempted murder of his wife, Joanna...
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