Chicopee News

“It's not a disgrace to fly a flag made anywhere it's just a patriotism that comes from your heart.”

November 13, 2007 5:18 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS A bill is being proposed on Beacon Hill Tuesday that would require state agencies to buy American flags made right here in the United States. via WWLP

Categories: News Photo courtesy of Josh Shear Fixing a tribute at the B-17 Memorial near the top of Mt. via Post-Standard

“A lot of Veterans like to live here, it's close to their hearts, close to their base”

Nov. 11, 2007 9:15 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS - A Chicopee neighborhood came together Sunday to honor hundreds of veterans living in their close knit community. via WWLP

Posted by The Republican Newsroom November 09, 2007 08:32AM By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - Police, working a vice detail last night and this morning, arrested seven woman and a man on ... via MassLive.com

“I don't know, I think it would bring in a lot of stuff and probably get us a lot of tax breaks.”

November 9, 2007 11:42 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS This week's elections prove there is support for locating Resort Casinos in Massachusetts. via WWLP

We have a follow up on the man who was killed after a car struck him in Chicopee on Wednesday. via CBS 3

There is no mayoral election in Boston, with incumbent Tom Menino midway through his fourth four-year term in office. via WBZ-AM Allston

Police said a man riding a bicycle was killed today when he was struck by a car at the Memorial Drive and Westover Road rotary. via MassLive.com

November 6, 2007 11:45 p.m. SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan will be handing over the keys to city hall. via WWLP

November 6, 2007 8:18 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS Polls closed at 7 o'clock in Westfield, Chicopee, and Montague, and we already have some early returns out of Westfield. via WWLP

“As fast as the food comes in, it comes out so we definitely need it and it's always been a good shot in the arm for us around holiday season”

November 6, 2007 5:11 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS Chicopee residents could not only put in their votes at polling places, but also give back to the community at the same time. via WWLP

“I think it's disgusting. I really really think it's disgusting. I think people should find out who did it and they should be paying for it, I really do. I think it's disgusting what they did. It's very very wrong what they did.”

The witch hanging from a noose outside a home on East Street in Chicopee has been burned at the stake. via CBS 3

“Nobody's forcing you to gamble. If you want to gamble you'll do it here or in Connecticut, so they might as well gamble here to get some money back”

Voters in Chicopee are being asked to vote on whether they would support bringing a casino to their city. via WWLP

Voters in Chicopee are being asked to vote on whether they would support bringing a casino to their city. via TheBostonChannel

“It will allow us to remain competitive in the discussion.”

Posted by The Republican Newsroom November 03, 2007 12:06PM Categories: Politics By HOLLY ANGELO hangelo@repub.com CHICOPEE - Casinos and the mayoral term are the topics of two nonbinding ballot questions ... via MassLive.com

November 1, 2007 5:18 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS A local man with alleged ties to an outlaw motorcycle gang has been sentenced to nine to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking. via WWLP

“I don't know what it is---It's a hate crime. It's so stupid. It's a Halloween costume decoration and they make a big deal out of it. I don't know why they make a big deal out of it.”

November 1, 2007 5:28 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS Halloween night, vandals apparently torched the hanging witch that's been the center of controversy in Chicopee. via WWLP

A leader of the Diablos motorcycle gang has been sentenced to nine to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking. via Berkshire Eagle

“To be married and your wife doesn't know? That's mind boggling to me.”

October 30, 2007 11:31 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS 22News has just learned that the Chicopee man charged with forcible rape of a child is married with a 13-year-old son of his own. via WWLP

October 30, 2007 5:20 p.m. CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS Chicopee Police arrested 43-year-old Rene Lafrenaye of 84 Shepard Street in Chicopee on a warrant for rape of a child with force. via WWLP