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Obituaries today: Marvin Whitehead owned Marv's Mobil Station in Chicopee
Obituaries from The Republican. Marvin Whitehead Marvin E. Whitehead, 79, of Chicopee, passed away on Friday. He was born in Trion, Ga. He left Georgia at the age of 19 and served in the U.S. Air...
View ArticleTense session breaks up over Syria transition
The Syrian government has said it will not discuss replacing President Bashar Assad as the leader of a country his family has ruled since 1970. ZEINA KARAM Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The first...
View ArticleEgypt army chief who led coup promoted to top rank
If el-Sissi runs for president in the elections due by the end of April, he would likely sweep the vote, given his popularity among a significant sector of the public, the lack of alternatives, the...
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Maureen Healy motor vehicle homicide trial: Live coverage of Day 5
The defense and prosecution rested in the Maureen Healy motor vehicle homicide trial, setting the stage for closing arguments and jury deliberations Monday. SPRINGFIELD — The trial of Maureen Healy,...
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Montague Plains snowmobile crash sends 2 men to hospital
The 2 men hit a concrete barrier put in place to keep motor vehicles out of the Montague State Wildlife Management Area. UPDATE: Amy Mahler, a spokeswoman for the Environmental Police, said both...
View ArticleHolyokers can call Tapestry Health hotline for safe disposal of discarded...
Tapestry Health has run a needle exchange program at 15-A Main St. since August 2012. HOLYOKE -- Tapestry Health has established a phone number people can call if they find discarded syringes to...
View ArticleCiting flu transmission concerns, Mercy Medical enacts visitor restrictions
Mercy Medical Center has joined other area hospitals in adding visitor restrictions "to reduce the risk of flu transmission." Mercy Medical Center has joined other Greater Springfield area hospitals...
View ArticleMass. 4-year graduation rate improves
State education officials say improvements by Hispanic, low-income and non-native English speaking students helped drive up Massachusetts' public high school graduation rate for the seventh...
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Springfield police report slight uptick in residential break-ins over the...
Nine break-ins were reported in various city neighborhoods. File photo | The Republican SPRINGFIELD - Police urge residents to be vigilant as they investigate a slight uptick in breaks-in throughout...
View ArticleHearings on Gov. Deval Patrick's $36.4 billion budget proposal will include...
The hearings before the House and Senate Ways & Means Committees will begin and end in Boston over the next six weeks. BOSTON - Lawmakers have scheduled eight public hearings on Gov. Deval...
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Obituaries today: Laura Ryan was nursing home administrator, ombudsman for...
Obituaries from The Republican. Laura Ryan Laura Gene (Ryder) Ryan, 87, of South Hadley, passed away on Saturday. Born in Holyoke, she was a graduate of Chicopee High School, and received a nursing...
View ArticleAmherst police continuing investigation at Amherst Regional High School...
Police are continuing their investigation at Amherst Regional High School following a possible threat posted on social media about a student carrying a weapon on school grounds. UPDATE, 3:55 p.m.:...
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Maureen Healy found not guilty of motor vehicle homicide, but guilty of...
Maureen Healy, 32, of Holyoke, was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol, but not of a more serious charge of motor vehicle homicide in the 2011 death of Thomas P. Monahan of Holyoke....
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Graduation and dropout rates improve statewide, including significant...
The graduation rates statewide have improved seven consecutive years. SPRINGFIELD – The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Monday that the four-year graduation rates and...
View ArticleAmherst police identify student involved in Facebook posting that caused...
Police have identified the student involved in posting a message on a Facebook page that led to the closing of the Amherst Regional High School and South East Street campus Monday. Updates stories...
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Searchable database: Massachusetts high school dropout rates, 2012-2013
The administration of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Monday announced that the Bay State's annual dropout rate declined to 2.2...
View ArticleSpringfield firefighters use Jaws of Life to extricate woman following...
The victim was taken to Baystate Medical Center for treatment of injuries believed to be non-life-threatening. SPRINGFIELD – A woman injured in a two-vehicle crash at Liberty and Stafford streets...
View ArticleCara Rintala retrial: Live coverage of last day of testimony, and closing...
The prosecution in the Cara Rintala retrial in the murder of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, rested on Monday. The defense is expected to call its last witness on Tuesday. NORTHAMPTON — The...
View ArticleUK lawmakers tell queen to cut costs, boost income
The report Tuesday by lawmakers into the finances of Queen Elizabeth II has exposed crumbling palaces and depleted coffers and discovered that a royal reserve fund for emergencies is down to its last...
View ArticleAdam Lee Hall Berkshire County triple murder trial: Live coverage of Day 14
Adam Lee Hall, 36, of Peru, Massachusetts, is facing 20 charges, including multiple counts of murder and kidnapping from 3 separate incidents from 2009 through 2011. In August 2011, weeks before he...
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