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Westfield committee supports request to pay Mayor Daniel Knapik's legal fees...
The recommendation is scheduled to be voted on by the City Council. Daniel Knapik WESTFIELD – The Finance Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that the city pay $40,000 in legal fees for a First...
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Council of Churches of Greater Springfield launches anti-casino effort
"We have a cross-section of folks and leaders who are really concerned about what this will do to the soul of our city," council president Timothy Paul Baymon said. File photoTimothy Paul Baymon,...
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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, during visit to Westfield,...
The United States should work to end satellite broadcasts of propaganda by the Iranian government around the world, she said. Photo by Don Treeger / The RepublicanNobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi...
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Westfield City Council agrees to pay Mayor Daniel Knapik's legal fees in...
City Councilor David Flaherty, Municipal Light Board member Jane Wensley, and property owner David Costa, of Russell, filed suit in against Knapik for ordering the removal of campaign signs from...
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4th National Prescription Drug Take-Back event planned in Western Massachusetts
Nearly 200 tons of old, outdated prescription drugs were collected during a November drive. File photo by David Molnar / The RepublicanSpringfield Police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
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Pioneer Valley Planning Commission celebrates 50th birthday
From helping to clean up the Connecticut, Deerfield, Westfield and Chicopee rivers and spearheading creation of the Norwottuck Rail Trail to the helping establish the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority,...
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Low water makes Westfield River races more challenging, but just as fun
A nearly snowless winter and dry spring meant that the Westfield River is flowing well below normal levels. So much so that race organizers the Westfield River Canoe Club consolidated the normally...
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Wesfield Vocational-Technical High School director leaving for superintendent...
A search for a new director of Westfield Vocational-Technical High School will begin soon. File photoJames M. Laverty WESTFIELD – James M. Laverty had two goals for his career in education. “I always...
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James Davis of Springfield admits to brutal beating of girlfriend; domestic...
Earlier this month Hampden District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni said two grants totaling $220,000 will improve the response of both prosecutors and service providers for victims of domestic violence....
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Mohegan Sun officials schedule meeting on Palmer casino project
The Town Council requested the meeting after casino supporters presented a petition with 350 signatures asking for more details about Mohegan Sun's plans for Palmer. PALMER — Mohegan Sun...
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Westfield School Department asks for $56.8 million in funding for fiscal 2013
The School Department will lose nearly $2 million in federal jobs funds and Title I funding next year. WESTFIELD – Superintendent of Schools Suzanne Scallion told the School Committee on Monday night...
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Amherst police arrest Westfield resident Timothy Mahoney, 31, allege he was...
Mahoney was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Timothy Mahoney AMHERST - Police arrested a 31-year-old Westfield man at the U.S. Post Office on University Drive late...
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Westfield Concerned Citizens continue fight against proposed Pioneer Valley...
Pioneer Valley Energy Center officials maintain that the proposed plant is no threat to human health or the environment. File photo by Don Treeger The RepublicanMembers of Westfield Concerned Citizens...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission chairman defends timetable for licensing...
Sen. Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham, said that people expected that casinos would open a year earlier than projected by the gaming commission. Stephen Crosby, left, speaks as Massachusetts Gov. Deval...
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Westfield police: Foul play not suspected in death of 27-year-old Whittaker...
A family member dialed 911 late Tuesday afternoon. Republican file photo WESTFIELD – Foul play is not suspected in the death of a 27-year-old man whose body was discovered in a bedroom of his...
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Westfield State University students safely escape fire that heavily damaged...
Investigators continue to probe the cause of the fire. WESTFIELD - Westfield State University students safely escaped a fire early Friday morning that heavily-damaged their off-campus home on Church...
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West Springfield police arrest 25-year-old city man, 24-year-old Westfield...
Charges against the suspects include receiving stolen property. Republican file photo03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen â A West Springfield Police Department cruiser. WEST SPRINGFIELD – Police...
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Jay Franklin pleads not guilty to charges in death of Emily Savery in...
Charges against Franklin, who remains free in lieu of $5,000 bail, include manslaughter by motor vehicle, which carries a 5-year minimum mandatory sentence. File photo | Manon MirabelliA makeshift...
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Actress Jane Lynch, astronaut Catherine Coleman, journalists Ted Koppel and...
The college graduation season in the Pioneer Valley begins next month at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Ted Koppel, Jane Lynch, Catherine Coleman and Christiane Amanpour, clockwise from...
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State Fire Marshal's Office: Blaze that destroyed Austin Street duplex in...
No injuries were reported in the blaze which broke out Sunday morning at 78-80 Austin St. Photo by Elizabeth RomanChicopee firefighters extinguished a blaze at 78-80 Austin St. that displaced five...
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