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Couple pulled from submerged car in Nashua River in Fitchburg
Fitchburg Police rescue two people from car that was in three feet of water. File photo FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) — Two people were pulled from a submerged car in the Nashua River Sunday morning. The...
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President Carolyn 'Biddy' Martin delivers Amherst College commencement
The president said 70 percent of the graduates who are going to work had already secured jobs. Of those to attend graduate school, 83 percent were accepted with 77 percent at their first choice....
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Memorial Day celebration honors Jewish Veterans
Jewish War Veterans Post 26 holds ceremony in honor of Memorial Day. Springfield- A memorial stone in honor of Jewish veterans sits in front of the Jewish Community Center in Springfield.Elizabeth...
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Williston Northampton School awards 112 diplomas
One thousand people were gathered under a tent in front of Reed Campus Center for the school’s 172nd commencement ceremony, where many, including graduates, were huddled under blankets on the...
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Deerfield Academy holds commencement ceremony
Alum and Deerfield trustee Rory J. Cowan offered the commencement address. Deerfield AcademyMassLive file photo DEERFIELD – Rory J. Cowan returned to his alma mater Sunday morning to deliver the...
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Weston accident kills mother, injures her two teenagers
The accident is under investigation. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor. File photo WESTON – A three-car accident killed a Roslindale woman and left her two teenaged children with minor injuries...
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Holyoke marks Memorial Day with Disabled American Veterans Commander Anita...
Holyoke is scheduled to return to marking Memorial Day with a parade next year, with this year's held indoors at the War Memorial. 5/27/13 -West Springfield - Staff Photo by John Suchocki - Memorial...
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Chicopee honors fallen veterans with a parade and other events
The main speaker was Retired Army Lt. Gen. David Valcourt, a Chicopee native. CHICOPEE – Before the wives, mothers and sisters of fallen soldiers killed in different wars placed wreaths on monuments...
View ArticlePM News Links: Boston Mayor Tom Menino to undergo prostate surgery; woman...
A Haverhill man told police he used the credit card of a man who was killed in a shootout last year. Boston Mayor Tom Menino to undergo prostate surgery [BostonHerald.com] Mount Greylock reopened...
View ArticleMemorial Day recognized in Palmer with parade, speakers
Prior to the the ceremony, a parade made its way from Thorndike Street through downtown, ending at the War Memorial. PALMER — Town Council President Philip J. Hebert told the crowd gathered at the War...
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Memorial Day program at Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Agawam...
Walls, director of the Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemeteries spoke as the wind caused the thousands of small flags decorating graves to gently fly. AGAWAM — William C. Walls Jr. greeted several...
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U.S. Rep. James McGovern speaks at Ware Memorial Day service that recognizes...
The annual ceremony included many references from dignitaries to a fixture at the annual event, John E. “Jack” McQuaid who passed away in December, a retired army corporal that served in WW II, and to...
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Northampton's Paradise City Arts Festival enjoys big Memorial Day
With a long line of food booths and Charles Neville and his band playing at the end of the tent, the festival had all the ingredients of a fine day in New England. Monday's weather was better than...
View ArticleSouth Hadley youngsters chant 'USA!' in Memorial Day parade; Coast Guard...
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts placed wreaths at military monuments after the parade. SOUTH HADLEY — Two boys played catch with a hard ball and leather mitts on a patch of grass Monday on Main Street,...
View ArticleNational Conference for Community and Justice announces 2013 human relations...
Edward Brown is the 2013 human relations youth award recipient. SPRINGFIELD — The National Conference for Community and Justice, founded in 1927 as the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will...
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Palmer Town Council, town manager, against allowing remote participation in...
The School Committee recently voted in favor of it, but because the Town Council and town manager are against it, it cannot adopt it. PALMER — The majority of town councilors are against allowing...
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Dawn Hastings retires as Wales police chief, Jay Hastings appointed new...
Dawn Charette has been police chief for six years and a member of the police department for 13. Dawn Charette Dawn Charettefile photo WALES — Police Chief Dawn Charette is retiring, and the Board of...
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Chicopee City Council pays old bills for snowplowing
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to reimburse the city about $135,000 for money spend cleaning up after the Februrary blizzard. A highway sign warns of a travel advisory during the...
View ArticleWheelchair-bound Jack Arnold, 9, is an all star, an inspiration for...
Despite the wheelchair and the special allowances needed to let him hit and play the field, Jack Arnold has become, in the words of his coach Rob Harrington, one of the guys. LONGMEADOW – In his first...
View ArticleMemorial Day 2013: Photos and stories from parades and ceremonies across...
Area residents remembered the more than 20 men with Western Massachusetts ties killed in Iraq and Afghainstan. With the memory of the recent death of Mitchell Daehling still raw, the Most Rev. Timothy...
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