Blandford News

A local bruin looks forlornly at the birdfeeders far from her reach in Joyce Harsch's back yard.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 290 on Wednesday, police said.

State police say a man walking along Interstate 290 in Northborough has been struck and killed by a passing tractor-trailer. The victim, identified by police as 49-year-old Albert Bairos of Shrewsbury, was walking eastbound on the highway when he was struck at about 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Our stretch of warm dry weather has increased our fire danger. Brush fires in some of the hilltowns have been burning for days and have posed quite a challenge for fire fighters to reach.

Travelers along the Massachusetts Turnpike soon might spy something new on the horizon: a wind turbine.

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The wind turbines on Jiminy Peak and Brodie Mountain may soon have company in Western Massachusetts.

The owner of the Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock installed this windmill last year at a cost of $3.9 million.

The Gateway Regional School District's Elementary Advisory Committee meets for the first time today at 9 a.m. A 14-member elementary education parent advisory committee will be working with the district's superintendent and elementary schools principals to give input on the process of consolidation or closing Blandford, Chester and R. H. Conwell ...

John L. Grossman, manager of the ReStore in Springfield, stands in front of lumber recovered from the deconstructed house at 8 Ardsley Road in Longmeadow.

State Rep. Donald F. Humason Jr., R-Westfield, answers questions during a forum Tuesday at the Westfield Atheneum.

Water from a massive water main break Wednesday caused quite a mess in downtown Springfield.

State police here in Western Massachusetts have found the body of a missing Springfied man.

By ALEX PESHKOV apeshkov@repub.com HUNTINGTON - A contract ratified Wednesday by the teacher's union will help to keep educators in the Gateway Regional School District close to the salary level of other ...

A new report out by the state's Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shows just how much renewable power could be generated on state properties - especially wind farms in forests that are ...

It was a bone-chilling start Friday morning as temperatures made it well below zero across western Massachusetts.

The weekend's second snowstorm is expected to disrupt travel and keep many Christmas shoppers at home today, with a warning for another portion of heavy snow from the National Weather Center in Taunton ...

A 71 year-old Blandford woman is alive thanks to the heroic efforts of two national guardsmen.

Two Massachusetts Army National Guardsmen got a top honor for their bravery. During last weeks ice storm, they ultimately saved the lives of an elderly couple in Blandford who were suffering from carbon ...

Some recall deployments to help with Hurricane Katrina, others have been sent to war zones or on peacekeeping missions, but for the past four days many state National Guard troops were in their hometowns, ...