Chicopee DPW worker Mike Lovely badly hurt in basement fire, officials say
CHICOPEE – Fire officials said a city employee was seriously injured after suffering from smoke inhalation and burns in a basement fire Tuesday night. Mike Lovely, who works for the Department of...
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Palmer Planning Board grants approval for fourth solar project; town manager...
One of the four approved solar projects in town already is complete - the installation at the Draper Farm off Route 67. PALMER - The Palmer Planning Board recently granted site plan approval for a...
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Holyoke School Committee confirms Paul Hyry-Dermith as interim assistant...
Choosing an assistant was the first major decision of the new school superintendent. The Holyoke School Committee on Wednesday voted to confirm the appointment of Peck School Principal Paul...
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Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonnette, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse sponsor national...
The resolution calls for less sulfur to be put into gasoline. Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonnette.Republican file photo | John Suchocki CHICOPEE – With three highways running through the city, Mayor...
View ArticleRebuilt Davitt Bridge in Chicopee reopens 13 months ahead of schedule
The $8.2 million project was originally expected to finish in August 2014. CHICOPEE - A new Davitt Bridge reopened at 5 p.m. Wednesday, after 14 months of it being torn down and reconstructed. The...
View ArticleFire Island gay resort community of Cherry Grove gains historic recognition
Decades before the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, lesbians and gay men were living freely and openly in a place called Cherry Grove, N.Y. By FRANK ELTMAN CHERRY GROVE, N.Y. — Decades before...
View ArticleIndian Orchard drowning victim identified as Kahdro Abdi, age 10
Abdi was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Center where she was rushed after being pulled from the river after what was estimated at 70 minutes under water. This is an update of a story originally...
View ArticleThousands march in Pickett's Charge commemoration at Gettysburg 150th...
Thousands took a mile-long commemorative march Wednesday across the Gettysburg field where the Confederate Army made its final, ill-fated charge 150 years ago in the last clash of the pivotal battle...
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Coney Island tower may leave Cyclone coaster closed July 4
After concerns about Coney Island's 275-foot-tall Astrotower abruptly shuttered the park Tuesday evening, the roller coaster, Ferris wheel and some other attractions remained idled Wednesday. A police...
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Massachusetts State Police: Woman injured in I-91 car crash in West Springfield
A 24-year-old woman was taken to Baystate Medical Center for treatment of injuries she sustained in a car crash on I-91, Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Richard Gawron said. WEST SPRINGFIELD — A...
View ArticleWho 'dies' is tough decision at Gettysburg
Re-enactors find their high point with the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg unless they have to "die" early. GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — You're a Civil War re-enactor carrying an authentic musket, out on...
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FBI investigates incident aboard Logan flight to NC
Federal authorities are investigating an incident aboard a US Airways flight to Charlotte. Google Images CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The FBI on Wednesday investigated an incident that took place aboard a...
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A deadly day in Western Massachusetts as region grapples with tragedies,...
Incidents included deadly car crashes, a devastating fire and a fatal police shootout, among other things. SPRINGFIELD — Wednesday was a day of death and despair in Western Massachusetts, where a...
View ArticleYesterday's top stories: Teacher charged with raping 6th-grader says sex was...
A fast-moving fire broke out on Chase Avenue destroying at least two homes, scorching multiple vehicles, and forcing the evacuation of residents from the Forest Park neighborhood. These were the most...
View ArticleLiberty reopens and Az. firefighter tribute on 4th
Damage to Liberty Island repaired in time for 4th celebration. NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty, closed since the destruction wrought by Superstorm Sandy, will reopen to the public this Fourth of...
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95 new U.S. citizens sworn in during Independence Day ceremony at Old...
The judge presiding over the swearing-in of new U.S. citizens told his own immigrant story. Immigrants being sworn in as new U.S. citizens during a Fourth of July ceremony at Old Sturbridge Village in...
View ArticleExpected 4-day heat wave begins, causing Western Massachusetts state parks to...
At least four state parks with swimming areas were closed after reaching capacity Thursday. The July 4 holiday kicked off an expected four-day heat wave that comes with oppressive humidity. The heat...
View ArticleSpringfield fire investigators continue to examine suspicious Forest Park fire
The fire killed several pets and left more than a dozen people homeless. SPRINGFIELD – Fire Department investigators continue to probe the suspicious fire in Forest Park that destroyed two homes and...
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Revelers celebrate Fourth of July in Springfield in spite of scorching heat
About 100,000 people jammed the city to watch the fireworks. SPRINGFIELD - The scorched heat did not keep revelers from coming out to celebrate the Fourth of July in Springfield. Judith A. Matt,...
View ArticleIndependence Day celebrated in similar ways, all across the USA
Hundreds of people lined up in New York to tour the reopened Statue of Liberty. By COLLEEN LONG NEW YORK – The Statue of Liberty reopened on the Fourth of July, eight months after Superstorm Sandy...
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