Brimfield News

Irina V. Livchina, sister of Sergey Livchin who passed away in West Springfield during the June 1, 2011 tornado, holds his photo in the living room of her West Springfield home.

A year ago this week, a series of devastating tornadoes ripped through a broad swath of Southern Hampden and Worcester Counties.

This is a view of homes along Roosevelt Avenue from Wendover Road the day the tornado hit last year, above, and as they look now, below, nearly a year later.

Although It has been almost a year since the tornadoes hit Central Massachusetts, about 5 p.m. on June 1, 2011, when many lives were changed forever.

An arrest in the 33-year-old case of missing New York six-year-old Etan Patz has given renewed hope to the family of Holly Piirainen as they await word on who killed the little girl.

The state has awarded Brimfield, Brookfield, East Brookfield, Warren and West Brookfield a $58,000 grant so they can buy a sign-making machine and an asphalt roller and trailer to share in recovering from the June 2011 tornado and October snowstorm.

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Mother's Day is just around the corner, and you know your mom deserves to be pampered.

PALMER - Mohegan Sun wants to be the first developer to open a resort casino in Massachusetts, but exact details of the project - its financial partner, and specific renderings - will remain confidential for now, representatives told the standing-room only crowd gathered in the Palmer High School library on Thursday night.

David and Vickie Cheney in the area of their orchard they will reopen to supplement Grafton's Community Harvest project.

For those of you that regularly read my column and follow my blog , I know that may seem hard to believe.

Part antiques fair, part flea market and part carnival, the Brimfield Antique Show kicks off the 2012 season this week, May 8-13. Actually a collection of many shows held over several days three times annually, Brimfield is one the largest outdoor antiques events in the world.A It's been held since 1959 in what is typically the sleepy town of ... (more)

Several women from Western Massachusetts will be among those honored on May 16 by the state Commission on the Status of Women in its Class of 2012 of Unsung Heroines.

I was laid off from my job as a software engineer in January, and I went back to work selling solar power systems for a local firm called Second Generation Energy, LLC .

Paramedic Jonathan Hall has treated plenty of patients, but the tiniest of them has made the biggest impact on him, his family and perhaps even an entire tornado-ravaged town.