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Amy Goodman as commencement speaker at Hampshire College in Amherst
Goodman received the Right to Livelihood Award “for developing an innovative model of truly independent political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often...
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WNEU graduates 876; Law School keynote Lois Lerner of the IRS retreats
In addition to the undergraduates, the university awarded 163 master's degrees; 7 doctoral degrees and 159 law degrees. Western New England University's Commencement exercises for the class of 2013...
View ArticleSuspected U.S. drone in Yemen kills 4 militants
According to several research groups and The Associated Press's own reporting, there has been a dramatic rise in such drone strikes in Yemen since the country's new U.S.-backed president assumed power...
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Sister Maxyne Schneider addresses graduates at Elms College commencement
The graduating class of 415 was the largest in the history of the college. SPRINGFIELD -- The legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph was a recurrent theme when Elms College in Chicopee held its 82nd...
View ArticleFBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case
FBI agents, Spokane police and U.S. Postal Service inspectors descended on the three-story apartment building Saturday morning and the investigation continued into the afternoon. NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS...
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7-year-old girl dies after being found unresponsive in Wilbraham pool
The girl was a guest at the home. Wilbraham police are investigating the drowning of a 7 year old girl Saturday in a pool at this home on Shirley Street.The Republican, Michael Beswick This is an...
View ArticleConnecticut River water quality monitoring project being planned by Pioneer...
The sites are the Pioneer Valley Yacht Club, Longmeadow, Pynchon Point, Agawam and Brunelles Marina, South Hadley. SPRINGFIELD – The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission is still seeking volunteers to...
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Amherst Town Meeting agrees to create rental registration bylaw
Amherst Town Meeting agrees to create rental registration bylaw. AMHERST - Rental property owners will now have to register their units with the town beginning Jan. 1 following a Town Meeting vote to...
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Fund-raiser for Rowan Baker, 4, of Monson, now a memorial event
In an online posting, at http://rowanbaker.weebly.com/index.html, the parents of Rowan Baker, 4, of Monson, announced her death on May 18. Rowan Baker, 3, and her mother Rebecca Paniagua and father...
View ArticleWest Springfield Mayor Gregory Neffinger agrees to change budget allowing...
The mayor has agreed to change his proposed fiscal 2014 budget so the Town Council's clerk remains its full-time employee. WEST SPRINGFIELD - Lobbied by four town councilors, Mayor Gregory C....
View ArticleUK Prime Minister: London attack near Woolwich military barracks could be...
Two men apparently attacked another man near a London barracks Wednesday. LONDON (AP) — A brutal attack in broad daylight near a military barracks in London left one man dead and two suspects...
View ArticleChicopee moves ahead with former high school renovation project
The renovation project is to cost $37.9 million and the state will reimburse up to $30.1 million of that amount. CHICOPEE – With the money now in place to convert the former Chicopee High School into...
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Tornado warning issued for central Franklin County in Massachusetts
Affected cities and towns include Ashfield, Buckland, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Montague, Shelburne and Wendell. This screen grab from the National Weather Service radar was...
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West Springfield professional office building owner seeks zone change for...
The owner of an Elm Street office building seeking a zone change says he wants to keep renting out space to professional tenants. WEST SPRINGFIELD – The owner of the professional office building at...
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Springfield threatens to suspend alcohol license of South End social club for...
The city warned the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Social Club that if it continues to schedule "18-and-over" events where alcohol is served, it risks a suspension of its alcohol license and entertainment...
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U.S. Attorney's Office will not pursue charges against West Springfield...
The attorney for West Springfield Police Capt. Daniel M. O'Brien says the U.S. Attorney's Office has completed its investigation of O'Brien and will not be seeking any charges. Republican file photo...
View ArticleWidower of woman killed in West Springfield traffic accident organizing vigil...
The vigil will take place starting at 7 p.m. in the parking lot of the Greek Cultural Center off Main Street, also in the city's North End and less than a mile from where Simonetty was killed....
View ArticleRussell Adams, driver in collision with PVTA bus, arraigned on charges in...
Adams was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail and is due back in court on June 21. SPRINGFIELD - The driver of a Jeep Cherokee that collided with a PVTA bus Tuesday afternoon on Liberty Street...
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Wall Street: Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus
The Fed minutes, which were released at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, showed that some policymakers favored slowing the central bank's bond-buying program. That prompted traders to dump U.S....
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MGM Resorts International, Springfield supporters launch campaign for 'yes'...
An estimated 300 people gathered inside and outside the hall at Court Square, for the “Yes for Springfield” rally that included speeches, lawn signs, bumper stickers and campaign buttons, urging...
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