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By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — High school students aren’t the only ones learning from South Hadley High School’s criminal justice vocational program.During the spring semester, members of the class of 23 students will be at the Police Academy in Holyoke to act out...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Capt. Eric Jacque’s philosophies as a corrections officer are seemingly simple and very precise: “Get them out on the street in better condition than they came in,” and “Care. Custody. Control.” These are quite literally award-winning...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GILL — The body of a 30-year-old Northampton man was pulled out of the Connecticut River Monday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m.Laurie Loisel, spokesperson for the Northwestern district attorneys office said an investigation is underway and the body is...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — John Cartledge knows he has big shoes to fill.A lifelong resident of the Northampton area, Cartledge has spent his entire career as a member of the Northampton Police Department, starting as a patrol officer after completing the Agawam...

STAFF REPORT

EASTHAMPTON — A 25-year-old Blandford man died Saturday while kayaking in Lower Mill Pond, despite bystander efforts to rescue him, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Emergency responders received a 911 call at 2:45 p.m. from...

By ALEXA LEWIS

WESTHAMPTON — Some residents are raising concerns about a Police Department request to buy an automatic license plate recognition camera, arguing that the idea could be an unnecessary violation of privacy.Police Department officials, however, say that...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Despite a recent police staffing study suggesting South Hadley hire five more officers to fill in patrol gaps, residents at a recent forum had a different idea — reduce the workload of existing officers by spending more to address the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — The Southampton Police Department has issued a scam alert and is requesting information from the public after a local family was recently targeted and lost a “significant amount” of money.According to the Police Department, the family...

The Northampton Parks & Recreation Department (NPRD) is collaborating with the Northampton Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police to bring the Unity Basketball League to Northampton. The NPRD will host two Unity Basketball Community Days...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown restaurant is facing charges for allegedly serving 22 shots of liquor to three underage employees over a six-hour period in early August, one of whom got into a car crash while driving under the influence in Ludlow a short...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In a small wooded area off of Cooke Avenue, people living in camp tents spent Monday morning scrambling to collect whatever belongings they had in anticipation of what the day might bring, and writing phone numbers on their forearms in...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is expected to confirm the appointment of John Cartledge as the next chief of the Northampton Police Department on Tuesday night, following a Committee on City Services hearing last week that resulted in a positive...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — The Southampton Police Department is warning community members to be aware of an ongoing scam. Residents have reported receiving an email detailing their name, phone number, address and an image of their home. The author of the email...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — While making its journey to the Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, a piece of a New York fire truck that melted and warped from the flaming aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks snapped in half from the vibrations from travel.Matt Bail,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

For eight months, Northampton did not have a permanent police chief. In August, the city hired interim chief and longtime department member John Cartledge to lead the department, who was chosen from a pool of just four candidates. Similarly, Amherst...

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Police recovered a card skimmer discovered by staff at a Cumberland Farms in Southampton on Thursday. The skimmer was affixed to the left register, or register two, while register one and all fuel pumps appeared to be free of...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL – Earlier this summer, Stacey Hamel heard a rumor that since the barriers were placed on the French King Bridge in August 2023, neither Gill nor Erving first responders have been called to the bridge for rescue of people in crisis, or recovery of...

STAFF REPORT

NORTHAMPTON — A 24-year-old Florence man who allegedly threatened to shoot his sister with a firearm during a verbal argument on Monday night faces a single count of assault with a dangerous weapon.Cleavon Anthony Thomas, who was arraigned on the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After eight months without a permanent police chief, the city is hiring current interim chief and longtime department member John Cartledge to take over the role full time.Cartledge is replacing former chief Jody Kasper, who left the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Saying that Police Chief Kevin Pacunas’ decision to deny a firearms license to a resident earlier this year was “overly broad, vague and therefore arbitrary and capricious,” a judge last month ordered the town to grant the license.In...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A new police staffing study recommends hiring five police officers to fill gaps in patrol coverage caused by a growing amount of specialty services and administrative work, but town officials will wait to make any decisions on public...