Amherst police charge 24-year-old Greenfield resident Dylan Dresser with...
Rafael Perez, 24, of Holyoke, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. AMHERST — Police arrested two people during the annual Extravaganja event Saturday, including a...
View ArticleSonja Farak, former Amherst state crime lab worker, arraigned for evidence...
In March, a Hampden Superior Court judge suspended the sentences of eight incarcertated men because of the possibility that the evidence in their cases was contaminated. Don Treeger / The Republican...
View ArticleTempers flare at Senate immigration hearing
Tempers flared at a Senate hearing on immigration legislation Monday as a Republican senator objected to a Democrat's criticism of attempts by some to link the Boston Marathon bombings to the...
View ArticleSusan Alston helps Comic Book Legal Defense Fund come to the rescue of...
For a couple of years, Alston ran the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund out of a detached garage at her Northampton home on Prospect Street. Susan Alston. John Suchocki When Superman and Spiderman need...
View ArticleVP Joe Biden to attend MIT officer Sean Collier's memorial service
Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday to attend the memorial service for the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. JOSH LEDERMAN...
View ArticleRun for Boston at Stanley Park unites community and raises funds
About 500 runners, walkers and volunteers converged on Stanley Park Sunday morning to participate in the event. WESTFIELD – Andrea J. Domings was less than one mile from the Boston Marathon finish...
View ArticleCause of fire that damaged long-closed Shaw's Motel in Northampton remains...
The Northampton police and fire department's and state Fire Marshal's office is investigating the fire. Northampton firefighters at the scene of a fire in a vacant building on Bridge Street that used...
View ArticlePM News Links: Boston bombing suspect faces death penalty, injured dance...
US Senator Lindsey Graham said that the FBI told him it was initially unaware that bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev had traveled to Russia early last year because his name was misspelled Bombing...
View ArticleTrial of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could be held in...
The possibility of was raised by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who told the website Newsmax that it would be difficult to hold the trial in Boston. Could the trial of Boston Marathon bombing...
View ArticleSouth Hadley Library groundbreaking set for Saturday
A groundbreaking celebration is scheduled for the proposed South Hadley Public Library at the 2 Canal St. on Saturday, April 27 at 2:30 p.m. This is an artist's rendering of the new library proposed...
View ArticleYesterday's top stories: Talented artist married to bombing suspect, Adam...
A husband and wife were seriously injured when a woman backing out of her driveway struck their motorcycle, police said. These were the most read stories on MassLive.com yesterday. If you missed any...
View ArticleHolyoke Mayor Alex Morse, City Council willing to discuss disputes about $28...
The beginning of construction, itself a project that could take 20 months, is two years away. The Victory Theatre's 28-foot-tall murals by New York artist Vincent Maragliotti are being preserved....
View ArticleFishing Derby at Barney Pond, Forest Park, sponsored Saturday by Springfield...
The fishing derby is open to children ages 12 and under. File photo of Springfield Lodge of Elks fishing derby conducted annually at Barney Pond at Forest Park in Springfield.File photo by Dave...
View Article2nd Mississippi man investigated in ricin letters case; Charges against first...
Law enforcement officials searched the home of a second Mississippi man implicated in the mailing of ricin-laced letters to the president and a U.S. senator after charges were dropped without...
View ArticleShelburne fire heavily damages Barnard Road home; man taken into custody in...
No injuries were reported in the fire. Terry Dun | FIREGROUND36004.23.2013 | SHELBURNE -- Firefighters from several surrounding towns responded to a Barnard Road blaze Tuesday night. UPDATE, 9:38:...
View ArticleBoston man convicted of fatal stabbing
A Boston man charged with fatally stabbing another man during a fight outside a city convenience store and laughing as he fled the scene has been convicted of second-degree murder. BOSTON (AP) — A...
View ArticleLawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept....
View Article87 dead in Bangladesh garment factory collapse
An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh's capital Wednesday morning, killing at least 87 people and trapping many more in a jumbled mess of shattered...
View ArticleFire that damaged Granby Road home in South Hadley not considered suspicious
A man was taken to Baystate Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation. SOUTH HADLEY -- Investigators probing a Tuesday evening house fire that sent a Granby Road man to Baystate Medical...
View ArticleMormon bishop with 29-inch Samurai sword runs off attacker in Utah
A Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop helped a neighbor woman escape a Tuesday morning attack by a man who had been stalking her. By BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Samurai...
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