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Big boost for region’s medical care: Baystate opens $170M expansion of operating, heart and neuro rooms
03-19-2023 6:26 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SPRINGFIELD — Operating rooms that are double the size and provide space for the necessary technology for surgeries with smaller incisions, allowing patients to recover faster, are opening at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield this week.The...


Columnist Andrea Ayvazian: Small acts with big impacts — community
03-17-2023 3:50 PM

By ANDREA AYVAZIAN

Every day around noon, my husband Michael, a political scientist and prolific writer, stops writing at his desk and walks to downtown Northampton for lunch. He always goes to the same place, BalaganCafé, and orders a sandwich and café latte. The...


Larry Parnass named executive editor of The Republican
02-06-2023 4:29 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A longtime editor and writer whose career in journalism for the past 35 years has spanned much of the Pioneer Valley and the Berkshires will begin leading the newsroom at The Republican in Springfield later this month.Larry Parnass, who...


Columnist Andrea Ayvazian: Hope and the human connection
01-21-2023 10:56 AM

I was recently interviewed on a local radio program about my reflections on the state of the peace and justice movement in the Valley and around the country. At the end of the show, the host asked: “So Andrea, what keeps you going? What gives you...


South Hadley man pleads not guilty to charges of murder, arson in death of his father
12-19-2022 1:37 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BELCHERTOWN — A 35-year-old South Hadley man charged with the September killing of his father in Hampshire County’s second homicide of the year, pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted arson of a dwelling in Eastern Hampshire District Court on...


Belchertown man charged with murder in 2021 Springfield shooting
07-26-2022 6:05 PM

By BERA DUNAU

BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown man was arrested on a murder charge Monday in relation to the 2021 shooting death of Charleen Figueroa in Springfield. According to a release from the Springfield Police Department, Victor Oquendo, 25, was arrested in...


Former district court judge Thomas Estes settles lawsuit, but sides still dispute whether an affair was consensual
02-13-2022 8:37 PM

By LARRY PARNASS

SPRINGFIELD — The former district court judge who lost his job over what he terms a consensual sexual affair has settled a lawsuit against him, seeking “to close this ugly chapter in my life and to focus on the future.”Thomas H. Estes, who formerly...


Memorial held 49 years on for slain altar boy Danny Croteau after late priest named as killer
06-28-2021 8:51 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SPRINGFIELD — As Bunny Croteau drove home one day in the early 1970s, she noticed a vehicle drive by in the other direction, the driver looking an awful lot like her 11-year-old son, Danny.So, when Bunny got home, she looked around for Danny, but he...


Hampden DA: Former priest killed boy, 13, nearly 50 years ago
05-24-2021 8:56 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SPRINGFIELD — Almost 50 years after police discovered the body of 13-year-old Danny Croteau floating in the Chicopee River, Hampden County’s top prosecutor said his office concluded Croteau’s killer was former Catholic priest Richard Lavigne, a...


Former Easthampton attorney gets 5 years in prison for financial fraud
09-27-2020 7:17 PM

By MICHAEL CONNORS

SPRINGFIELD — A former Easthampton attorney who admitted to defrauding clients, commercial lenders and an investment firm over the last several years was ordered by a judge Friday to forfeit more than $2 million, pay $2.6 million in restitution and...


Lawyer: Holyoke murder suspect acted in self-defense
01-17-2020 3:03 PM

By MICHAEL CONNORS

SPRINGFIELD — The lawyer for a city man accused of stabbing another man to death in Holyoke last July is saying his client acted in self-defense after he pleaded not guilty in Hampden Superior Court to the murder on Thursday.Samuel Rosario-Calderon,...


MGM Springfield getting ready to roll
08-21-2018 5:21 PM

By BERA DUNAU

SPRINGFIELD — MGM Springfield, the first casino in state history, will open for business Friday at 11 a.m. — and western Massachusetts may very well never be the same again.“It’ll be an experience unlike any they’ve ever seen,” said MGM Springfield...


Editorial: PVTA must communicate better
08-03-2017 9:12 AM

It should come as no surprise that the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority was forced to make service reductions on bus routes as it faced a $1.2 million budget shortfall heading into the new fiscal year. For one, the state has failed to meet a...


Editorial: Job well done by PVTA administrator
05-12-2017 8:24 PM

There’s an old saying that a leader always should try to leave a place better than he or she found it. That’s exactly what Mary MacInnes did as longtime administrator of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority — and then some.MacInnes, who retired April...


Hampshire College president meeting with Mayor Sarno, others opposed to flag removal
11-30-2016 11:48 PM

By AMANDA DRANE

AMHERST — In an ongoing effort to persuade Hampshire College leadership to once again fly the American flag, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is scheduled to meet with the college president on Thursday.Sarno pushed for the meeting with President...


Monte’s March sets record, raising $183,299 (and counting) for food bank
11-25-2016 12:15 PM

By Caitlin Ashworth and Jack Suntrup

Radio personality Monte Belmonte’s fight against hunger took a giant step forward Tuesday when his two-day, 43-mile march from Springfield to Greenfield raised a record $183,299 and counting.“I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me for the last...

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