Ware News

The home of former Mary Lane Hospital executive director William J. Zwemke was heavily damaged by fire last night.

Worcester Landlord charged with stabbing woman WORCESTER - Police said they followed a trail of blood that led them from a stabbing victim to her alleged assailant.

EASTHAMPTON - City and state officials, along with family and friends, threw a farewell party Thursday for Stuart B. Beckley, the 22-year City Planner who has taken the Town Manager job in Ware .

Banks, credit unions, insurance companies, financial planners, investment brokers and accountant firms all have found space in this special issue of Business Matters.

Police said they charged a 47-year-old woman with drunken driving late Tuesday night after they spotted her jump a curb on Page Boulevard and narrowly miss a utility pole.

In a day and age where independent motorcycle shops are becoming rarer and rarer, Krismic Kustoms of Ware are making their mark in the Western Massachusetts area.

BELCHERTOWN - Christopher Boucher, 43, of Ware, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Eastern Hampshire District Court to a single count of possession of child pornography, subsequent offense.

Onna & Rich Downey of Belchertown participate in the first annual Old Sturbridge Village Horse-Drawn Sleigh Rally in Sturbridge in 2011.

NORTHAMPTON - A Ware woman was sentenced to a year at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center in Chicopee after admitting Friday to drug charges in Hampshire Superior Court in Northampton.

Police said they charged a 27-year-old woman with reckless endangerment of a child late Wednesday afternoon after they spotted her injecting heroin into her arm as she sat in a car parked at the Dunkin Donuts on Route 5. When a detective opened the passenger side door, the woman tossed the syringe into the back of the car where her 3-year-old child ... (more)

WARE - The town has qualified for a partial federal reimbursement of clean-up costs incurred after the Oct.

Lindsey Ann Shumway and Philip St. Laurence of Hadley were married Nov. 11, 2011, at Goodnough Dike at the Quabbin Reservoir in Ware.

A motor vehicle stop on Northampton Street Tuesday night yielded the arrests of a Ware man and woman and Vermont man on heroin and other charges.

EASTHAMPTON - With applications still trickling in, the city is in a good position to choose its next City Planner, according to Mayor Michael A. Tautznik .

Federal prosecutors have essentially completed their investigation into alleged rigged hiring and promotion practices at the state Probation Department, according to two people briefed on the US attorney's work, clearing the way for criminal charges against numerous probation employees, politicians, and potentially others in the scandal uncovered ... (more)