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Video: Interviews with former friends and family of Boston Marathon bombing...
Video: Interviews with former friends and family of Boston Marathon bombing suspects leads to more details. The video below is a profile on Dzhozkar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the two suspects in...
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Massachusetts State Police say a pair of brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings spent the night in a Honda CRV and used it to carjack a Mercedes SUV. By KATIE ZEZIMA, Associated Press...
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Some Western Massachusetts troopers sent to Boston as manhunt continues for...
Springfield police have stepped up contact with Peter Pan and Amtrak personnel Republican file photo SPRINGFIELD -- Some state troopers from Western Massachusetts are being sent to the Boston area...
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2-vehicle accident on Interstate 391 in Chicopee sends person to Baystate...
State police said one of the motorists will be cited for operating to endanger. The Republican file photo CHICOPEE – A person was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with minor injuries...
View ArticleMassachusetts state police: Officers going door-to-door, but Boston Marathon...
State police say officers are going door-to-door, but the Boston Marathon suspect still on loose. By EILEEN SULLIVAN, KATIE ZEZIMA and MEGHAN BARR, Associated Press WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — State...
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Boston Marathon bombing makes Western Massachusetts groups rethink security
UMass has installed hundreds of surveillance cameras on campus in recent years, Blaguszewski said. Here we go again. For organizations in Western Massachusetts that draw big crowds at their venues,...
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Fallen MIT police officer Sean Collier remembered as a friend and determined...
Sean Collier was close to fulfilling a dream. Collier had reportedly scored high on his civil service exam and was likely going to join the Somerville Police Department in June before he was killed....
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New trial date set for Willie Vega, former Springfield High School of...
Hodge wrote many witnessess have not been located or interviewed. Willie Vega at December 2011 arraignment on assault charge The Republican/Michael Gordon SPRINGFIELD - The case of former High...
View ArticleGun-right advocates gather on West Springfield town common to show support...
The rally was intended to mark the anniversary of the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. WEST SPRINGFIELD – More than 200 people turned out on the town Common Friday afternoon to show their...
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Police take 3 into custody in New Bedford at housing complex where Boston...
3 people were led away in handcuffs, but the charges were not made available. A police officer stands guard at the scene as the search for suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings continues , Friday,...
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Ludlow selectmen vote to waive fee for Planet Aid, nonprofit organization
Selectman Brian Mannix was opposed to waiving the fee. LUDLOW - The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 to waive the fee for a nonprofit organization to place a receptacle in town for the collection of...
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Red Sox, Bruins resume playing schedule
The capture of alleged Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev means Boston professional sports can resume its normal schedule. The Red Sox and Bruins are ready for Saturday games. . Boston teams get back...
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Online detectives flourish in search for Boston bombers
As the FBI and local authorities asked for help with the Boston Marathon bombing case, social media denizens took up the challenge Law enforcement officers on heightened alert pulled over a black car...
View ArticleYesterday's top stories: Eerie photos of empty Boston streets hit Instagram;...
Coverage of the manhunt for suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev dominated the news on Friday. These were the most-read stories on MassLive.com yesterday. If you missed any of them,...
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Garage fire under investigation
The executive aide to Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant, Dennis Leger, said while the fire is under investigation it is not considered suspicious. Arson Investigator Darren Padilla works the scene at...
View ArticleBoy Scouts propose to lift gay ban for youth, while continuing to bar gay...
Gay-rights groups, which had demanded a complete lifting of the ban, criticized the proposal as inadequate. By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive...
View ArticleFrom Dorchester to BU, capture of Boston bombing suspect brings out flags,...
Residents of Greater Boston end their "shelter in place" with celebrations spilling out onto the streets. By JAY LINDSAY and STEVE PEOPLES BOSTON — They gathered in silence on Boylston Street, just...
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Obituaries today: Dianne Sanborn worked at Steiger's, Sunshine Arts; was...
Obituaries from The Republican. Dianne Sanborn Dianne M. (Monette) Krafchuk Sanborn, 62, of Chicopee, passed away on Wednesday. Born in Springfield, she was a lifelong resident of Chicopee. She...
View ArticleMassachusetts School Building Authority to West Springfield mayor: Not so...
Town Councilor Brian J. Griffin maintains that a letter from the Massachusetts School Building Authority backs up what he and other councilors have contended for some time. WEST SPRINGFIELD — The...
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Tri-County League vote blocks Palmer-Monson football co-op
Palmer Superintendent Thomas A. Charko said he is in discussions with the school's attorney over the matter. 11-29-11 -Westfield- MIAA Western Ma. Division IV Football Semi-Finals: Pioneer Valley vs....
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