Hampshire County News

A two-year-old international custody battle resulted in criminal charges Tuesday when a judge issued an arrest warrant for a former Belchertown woman accused of abducting her 2-year-old daughter.

Firefighters from three communities responded this morning to a house fire on Loudville Road that started in the chimney.

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David and Patricia Ames of Orange were at the Franklin/Hampshire Juvenile Court in Hadley Friday to adopt their third child, 2-year-old Charlotte.

Parishioners of St. Mary's Catholic Church in downtown Northampton, across the street from College Hall and adjoining Stoddard Hall, received some disconcerting news over the weekend of Nov.

The Sacred Heart Church on King Street will be the headquarters of the new St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Northampton.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield announced this weekend it will change its plans in Northampton and keep Sacred Heart Church open and instead close St.

State and local police raided two Russell Street massage parlors Wednesday afternoon, arresting at least three people from the sites.

" State and local police and federal officials Wednesday afternoon arrested three women on prostitution charges and six others for immigration violations during simultaneous raids on several area massage salons in Hampden and Hampshire counties, officials said.

Xiuli Li, of Springfield, right, is lead away by a Hampden County Court officer following her arraignment in Springfield District Court Thursday on prostitution-related charges.

The owner of a Longmeadow massage parlor pleaded innocent Thursday in District Court to knowingly allowing the business to be used for prostitution.

Easthampton Mayor Michael Tautznik and Northampton Mayor Clare Higgins were returned to office Tuesday night by voters in their respective cities.

Last year, Community Action took applications for fuel assistance from 9,049 households in Franklin and Hampshire counties, an increase of 28 percent from 2008.

Choose your own path to school regionalization, or we'll choose it for you. That was the message from the state over the past couple of years, and it was enough to keep small Hampshire County schools scrambling.

A Florence man was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a car in Hampshire County.

HAP Housing excutive director Peter A.Gagliardi and keynote speaker Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution, answer questions for reporters prior to a forum on housing at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke Monday.

Two Guantanamo Bay detainees may be relocated to the Hampshire County town of Amherst.

Though it does business in an out-of-the-way corner of Hampshire County, Snow's Restaurant is, especially for those who love seafood, an eatery that merits seeking out.

Governor Deval Patrick visited Hampshire County on Wednesday. His first stop was at the Jackson Street School in Northampton.

"Our plans take us to the end of October, and we don't have prisoners on the list," Dr.