Belchertown News

WARE - A 21-year-old man will return to Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown on breaking and entering charges after police arrested him for allegedly stealing two flat-screen televisions from Cluett's Appliances on East Main Street.

A University of Massachusetts graduate student who died in a fiery crash May 14 appeared to be having car problems, according to a friend who was speaking with her by telephone before the crash.

Voters returned the two incumbent selectmen to office and replaced the sitting member on the board of assessors in Monday's annual town election in which 14 percent of the town's 9,254 registered voters took part.

The Belchertown boys and girls tennis teams beat the weather and both earned victories Monday.

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. - The driver who died when her car crashed into a utility pole in Belchertown and burst into flames has been tentatively identified as a University of Massachusetts graduate student from Minnesota.

Incumbent Belchertown selectmen Ronald Aponte and Kenneth Elstein, from left, face opposition from Gerald Grasso for two seats on the board in Monday's annual town election.

Public safety officials responded to the scene of a fatal, one-car crash on Route 202 in Belchertown late Monday night.

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Angela A. Boyle, left, shown with husband Daniel C. Boyle in September, has withdrawn her candidacy for Holyoke Geriatric Authority board seat.

Public safety officials responded to the scene of a fatal, one-car crash on Route 202 in Belchertown late Monday night.

WILBRAHAM - Elizabeth E. Brow, 81, of Belchertown, formerly of Springfield, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012, at Wing Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.

BELCHERTOWN - Police closed a stretch of Daniel Shays Highway Monday night following a single-vehicle accident near Allen Road.

BELCHERTOWN - Town Meeting said yes Monday night to a $1.25 million bond to build a new road into the former Belchertown State School property.

These Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School students won medals in the recent SkillsUSA statewide competition last month.

BELCHERTOWN - The Chestnut Community School cast and crew of 'Bookmarks' got a rousing audience reaction Sunday at the finale of the original musical created by two teachers at the school.

The state Board of Registration of Social Workers on Wednesday announced recent actions against Adam Quinn, of Belchertown, and Sara Elinoff Acker, of Wendell.

The Belchertown girls lacrosse team had 10 different players score in a 20-10 win over St.

The investigation into the April 13 shoot-out that shattered a peaceful downtown neighborhood, left a state trooper and bystander wounded and the shooter apparently dead by his own hand could take another month to complete.

Northeast Treators, Inc.'s new array of 25,000 square feet of solar panels in Belchertown.