Ousted Egypt leader Mohammed Morsi defiant as second trial begins
Morsi stood alone in a soundproof glass-encased metal cage at the start of a new trial Tuesday wearing a white prison uniform, pacing and shouting angrily at the judge in apparent disbelief: "Who are...
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Chicopee Police: Michele Costello, 51, driver who crashed into Prospect...
Costello and a passenger were treated at Baystate Medical Center and released. Republican file photo CHICOPEE -- A 51-year-old city woman who was allegedly behind the wheel of an SUV that struck a...
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Wyatt Bourbeau, 19, injured in snowmobile accident on Montague Plains,...
A second victim, 19-year-old Dominic Emery of Erving, was discharged from Baystate. MONTAGUE – Wyatt Bourbeau, one of two 19-year-olds injured in a snowmobile crash in the Montague Plains Saturday...
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Springfield police: 1965 bottle of Crown Royal, oxycodone and marijuana taken...
No injuries were reported in the Monday night home invasion in the Boston Road section of Springfield, police said. File photo | The Republican Updates a story posted at 3:35 a.m. SPRINGFIELD — A...
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Obituaries today: Peter Kelley was sheet metal worker at Kleeberg Sheet Metal
Obituaries from The Republican. Peter Kelley Peter P. Kelley, 72, of Agawam, died Sunday. He was born in Westfield, and was a graduate of St. Mary's High School. He was a 52-year member of the...
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Holyoke School Committee forms subcommittees to oversee millions of dollars,...
The Holyoke school board oversees a $91 million budget and hires and evaluates the superintendent among other duties. HOLYOKE — The name might have all the glitz of dust, but the Resources and...
View ArticlePan Am Railways employee seriously injured in accident at Deerfield rail yard
The 43-year-old employee suffered a lower extremity injury, according to police. DEERFIELD – An employee with Pan Am Railways was transported by helicopter ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in...
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Cara Rintala retrial: Case goes to jury in Northampton
The fate of Cara Rintala, charged in the 2010 murder of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, in their Granby again is in the hands of a Hampshire Superior Court jury. NORTHAMPTON — The fate of Cara...
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Belchertown selectmen agree to let town residents join regional energy...
Several residents attended to urge selectmen to approve the aggregation agreement. The vote had been delayed partly because selectmen had said that they needed more information. Belchertown selectmen,...
View ArticleCara Rintala murder case goes to Northampton jury after closing arguments
Possibly the most crucial testimony is that of Dr. Joann Richmond, a medical examiner with the state who estimated the time of death at 6-8 hours before police arrived, based on the apparently...
View ArticleAmherst Regional High School reopens after being closed Monday because of...
AMHERST – Classes resumed at Amherst Regional High School Tuesday morning after the school was closed Monday following a possible threat posted on Facebook over the weekend. Police, meanwhile, are...
View ArticleSouthern-style snowstorm: Gridlock, kind neighbors
Students camped out with teachers in school gyms or on buses and commuters abandoned cars along the highway to seek shelter in churches, fire stations — even grocery stores — after a rare snowstorm...
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Adam Lee Hall Berkshire County triple murder trial: Live coverage of Day 15
Several dozen witnesses have testified so far. SPRINGFIELD -- The triple murder trial of Adam Lee Hall, 36, of Peru, Mass., continues today in Hampden Superior Court. Below, follow staff writer Buffy...
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Cara Rintala retrial: Live coverage of jury deliberations and verdict
At Rintala's 2013 trial, jurors deliberated for several days before a mistrial was declared when they could not agree on a verdict. NORTHAMPTON -- Jurors are now deliberating as they try to reach a...
View ArticleMauricio Velasquez of Springfield indicted in crash that killed daughter, 3,...
Velasquez was indicted on two counts each of motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of an intoxicant, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle and manslaughter. NORTHAMPTON - A Hampshire...
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Obituaries today: Fred Haber Jr. owned home improvement business, previously...
Obituaries from The Republican. Fred Haber Fred C. Haber Jr., 57, of South Hadley, passed away on Sunday. He was the owner of his own home improvement business and had previously worked for Smith...
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Charles Wilhite sues Springfield police officers for civil rights violations,...
Friedman said judges typically award $1 million per year in compensation for defendants determined to have been wrongfully imprisoned. Attrney Howard Friedman addresses reporters during a press...
View ArticleAmherst Select Board does not renew GottaGo Taxi license, company cannot pick...
GottaGo can reapply to drive cabs in Amherst AMHERST – Adhering to Police Chief Scott P. Livingstone’s recommendations, the Select Board Monday night did not renew GottaGo Taxi’s license to operate in...
View ArticleState awards school building repair money including $2 million to Pathfinder...
The money will help pay for a new roof for Pathfinder The Massachusetts School Building Authority Wednesday approved $39.3 million for 32 projects, including repairs to schools in Hatfield,...
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Ware selectmen urge PVPC to pursue $940,000 block grant
If approved, most of the money would go towards rebuilding road and sidewalks on High St., a quarter-mile street near downtown. Karen M. Cullen WARE – Selectmen Tuesday unanimously said yes to a...
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