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Yesterday | MassLive.com

Palmer gets 2 Congressmen after Massachusetts redistricting

David E. Whitney talks about redistricting at his home in Bondsville; he is one of 364 residents affected by the change.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Richard Neal, Palmer, MA, US House of Representatives, Democrat, James McGovern, Massachusetts, Bondsville, MA

Saturday | Northampton Media

Suher Buys Holyoke Country Club for $850K; Other Area Golf Courses Also on the Blocks

Music mogul and businessman Eric Suher, of Holyoke, bought the Holyoke Country Club on Thursday, paying $850,000 for the 112-acre parcel at 2 Country Club Road, according to records of the Hampden County Registry of Deeds.

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Related Topix: Holyoke, MA

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Patch.com

Celebrating Black History Month at the Genealogical Society

Press release from the New England Historic Geneological Society On February 8, the New England Historic Genealogical Society , located at 99-101 Newbury Street, held a day-long African American History and Genealogy Open House.

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Related Topix: African-American, Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, North End (Boston, MA), Boston, MA, Springfield, MA

Thu Feb 09, 2012

MassLive.com

Juan Rodriguez of Holyoke, found with drugs inside bologna, pleads...

Holyoke resident Juan G. Rodriguez pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

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Related Topix: Holyoke, MA, Ludlow, MA

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Tornado fallout skews tax base

Last June's tornado that ripped through southern Worcester and Hampden counties and left a trail of debris also wreaked havoc with tax collectors' ledgers.

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Related Topix: Worcester County, MA, Monson, MA, Southbridge, MA, Sturbridge, MA

Tue Feb 07, 2012

MassLive.com

Long Dinh Duong of Springfield sentenced to 2.5 years for indecent assault and battery

Long Dinh Duong, 42, of Springfield , was sentenced Tuesday to 21 2 years in the Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow.

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Related Topix: Springfield, MA, Ludlow, MA

Sat Feb 04, 2012

MassLive.com

Springfield City Council committee considers group home in McKnight...

A City Council committee will meet Thursday to discuss two proposals - a group home for women in the McKnight neighborhood and a proposed ordinance that would regulate barbershops in the aftermath of a homicide and drug case in recent months.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Violent Crime, Wilbraham, MA

Wed Feb 01, 2012

MassLive.com

Hampden County Youth Advisory Board advises DA Mark Mastroianni on...

Dennis Dudkin, a student at West Springfield High School speaks to Hampden DA Mark Mastroianni following Wednesdays meeting of the Youth Advisory Board in the Hampden County Courthouse.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Springfield, MA

MassLive.com

Kimani Anderson denies murder charge for fatal shooting of Tyrel Wheeler in July

Kimani Anderson was ordered held without right to bail Wednesday afternoon after denying a murder charge for the July 7, 2011 shooting of 16-year-old Tyrel Wheeler .

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Related Topix: Ludlow, MA

Fri Jan 27, 2012

CBS 3 Springfield

Tornado victims offered free tax consultation

Springfield Partners for Community Action will hold free information sessions and tax preparation for victims of the June 1 tornado.

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Related Topix: Tax, Springfield, MA, Holyoke, MA

MassLive.com

State police arrest 6 in raid on two apartments in Springfield's North End

SPRINGFIELD - State police and members of the Hampden County Narcotics Task Force on Thursday night executed search warrants on two Lowell Street apartments in the city's Brightwood neighborhood, and arrested six people and confiscated heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and cash, officials said.

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Related Topix: Drugs, West Springfield, MA, Springfield, MA

MassLive.com

Massachusetts legislators get insider look at Hampden District Attorney methods and budget woes

Lawmakers got an insider's look at the inner-workings of criminal investigations in the Hampden County District Attorney's office during a legislative breakfast on Friday, as well as a refresher course on the chronic budget woes of the office.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Jan 26, 2012

MassLive.com

Jorge and Luis Severino get probation for what Springfield police called elaborate fencing operation

Hampden Superior Court Judge Tina S. Page on Thursday gave probation as punishment to a father and son who admitted having more than $30,000 in stolen goods, about 2200 pirated DVDs and 300 cartons of untaxed cigarettes when police raided their Hancock Street fish market.

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Related Topix: Springfield, MA, Ludlow, MA

Wed Jan 25, 2012

MassLive.com

$800,000 anti-violence grant jeopardized by Springfield City Council delay

SPRINGFIELD - A state official notified the city Wednesday that an $800,000 grant to combat youth and gang violence may be in jeopardy unless the City Council can agree to accept the money by the Tuesday deadline.

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Related Topix: Springfield, MA, Holyoke, MA

Tue Jan 24, 2012

MassLive.com

Hampden County jail convict Kenneth Rogers found guilty of assault...

The defense lawyer argued Kenneth Rogers bit another inmate's ear off in self defense during a February 2010 incident at the Hampden County Correctional Center at Stony Brook in Ludlow .

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Related Topix: Life, Self Defense, Ludlow, MA

Mon Jan 23, 2012

Berkshire Eagle

Evidence in 2011 triple-slaying case shared with defense

The Berkshire District Attorney's Office on Monday turned over 141 computer discs of video and audio files to the lawyers representing three men accused in last August's triple slaying.

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Related Topix: Ludlow, MA, State Prisons, Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Prison, Pittsfield, MA

MassLive.com

Freezing rain advisory issued for much of Pioneer Valley by National Weather Service

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a freezing-rain advisory for parts of the Pioneer Valley on Monday evening due to a combination of drizzling rain and temperatures in the low 30s.

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Related Topix: Weather, Hampshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA

Sat Jan 21, 2012

CBS 3 Springfield

Springfield receives about 4 inches of snow

While final snow reports are still coming in, the Springfield area and much of Hampden County will likely have received about 3 to 4 inches of snow from Saturday morning's storm.

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Related Topix: Weather, Springfield, MA, Blandford, MA, South Hadley, MA

North Adams Transcript

City woman to serve time on drug charge

A city woman was sentenced to two and a half years in jail Thursday, with 18 months to be served, after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of heroin with intent to distribute in Hampden County Superior Court in Springfield.

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Related Topix: Springfield, MA, Holyoke, MA, Berkshire County, MA, Adams, MA

Tue Jan 17, 2012

SouthCoastToday.com

Police absolved in detainee's death

Video footage shows an officer and a bystander holding down Erik Aguilar on July 22, 2010.

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Related Topix: New Bedford, MA, Springfield, MA, Bristol County, MA

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