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Dollar General ‘back to drawing board’ to address Southwick neighbor concerns
SOUTHWICK — After comments about the proposed Dollar General’s appearance and parking during two prior Planning Board public hearings, the engineering firm that designed the site plan revealed changes during the board’s meeting Tuesday. “We’ve gone back to the drawing board,” said John Tomaszewski, a design engineer...
Simsbury man arrested in spouse's murder: Police
SIMSBURY, Conn. — A Simsbury man is accused of the murder of his spouse on Friday. A family called police to a home on Wildwood Road just before 11:30 a.m. for a domestic assault. The family told police there was a fight between two relatives. Arriving officers found Qiu...
Massachusetts real estate transactions for Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties April 28, 2024 edition
Alan Rogers, Karisa M. Rogers and Mary Caporale to Edward C. Anderson, 118 Forest Hill Road, $330,000. Carlton B. Hale, trustee, and Marion Montagna Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Sareen Properties LLC, 28 Florida Drive, $185,000. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on...
Two tenants of hoarding house found at fault by Springfield housing court judge
SPRINGFIELD — The tide has turned for two tenants of a condemned home in the city’s Pine Point neighborhood after the new owners and city officials last month encountered the house smeared with pet excrement, housing dozens of malnourished dogs and clouds of flies throughout. A Western Housing...
Remaining Southwick Public Works staff approved to move from Town Hall to DPW
SOUTHWICK — Public Works Director Randy Brown got the go-ahead from the Select Board Monday night to move two of the department’s employees that work at Town Hall into the department’s headquarters at 661 College Highway. “[There’s] going to be a learning curve, but in the long...
Family of domestic violence victim honor her memory through scholarship fundraiser
BLANDFORD — Sarah Powers had just turned 11 years old when both her parents died in 2002. Powers’ father, Henry Trudeau, fatally stabbed her mother, Karen Hart, and died by suicide shortly after. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our...
Chicopee man found guilty of raping multiple children sentenced to prison
A Hampden Superior Court judge sentenced a Chicopee man to prison after he was found guilty of raping multiple children, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni’s office announced. Kenneth Arroyo was sentenced to serve 12 to 13 years in prison, followed by three years of probation, Gulluni’s office said in...
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