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'The make of a veteran': On Memorial Day, 82 honored with banners in Hadley
Banners featuring service members from Hadley, Massachusetts, are being hung in May 2024 around town off of utility poles. In the town of Hadley, Massachusetts, dozens of vinyl military tribute banners have been hung on utility poles just in time for Memorial Day. The largest feature of the banners are...
Starters benched in PVIAC Class A boys volleyball championship
CHICOPEE – It has been an odd series of sorts between the Westfield and Agawam high school boys volleyball teams in 2024, so it should come as no surprise that the next chapter in the series had another twist. No. 2 Agawam defeated top-seeded Westfield in the PVIAC Class...
Police investigation closes part of Chicopee roadway
CHICOPEE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A police investigation has closed part of a busy Chicopee roadway. Chicopee Police said that the lower part of James Street is closed and it’s not yet known for how long it will be closed. Our crew on-scene reports seeing a very heavy police presence...
Amherst Pair Arrested in West Springfield on Drug, Firearm Charges at Bel Air Motel
Two residents of Amherst, MA found themselves ensnared by the law at the nondescript Bel Air Motel on Riverdale Street, according to the West Springfield Police Department. Arrested on a swathe of drug and firearm charges, 35-year-old Joseph Charles Russell and 32-year-old Sarah Louise Slade were scooped up on May 23, without a scuffle. The bust, the culmination of an investigation spinning its web since early May, pried open Room 53 just after the lunch hour, unveiling its illicit secrets.
After years of court battles, this Mass. family facing eviction isn't going quietly
PALMER — The Kalogeras family of four has lived in their Palmer house for over a decade. This July, they face eviction. They and others plan to protest their plight at Springfield City Hall on Thursday. The family’s troubles began in 2017, when Eugenia Kalogeras, a graphic designer, hurt...
Brian Sullivan Wins Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down at Stafford Speedway; DiMatteo, Durand, Hammann, & Hydar Also Score Feature Wins
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted the extra distance Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down along with Stafford’s other four weekly divisions on Friday, May 24th. Scoring the big win of the night was Brian Sullivan in the 40-lap Monaco Ford SK Light Double Down. Sullivan was scored as the race winner when Nick Anglace was penalized to the last car on the lead lap for making contact with Meghan Fuller on the final lap of the race. Other feature winners on the night included Cory DiMatteo, who notched his third consecutive SK Modified® feature victory, Andrew Durand in the Late Model feature, Rich Hammann in the Limited Late Model feature, and Travis Hydar was a winner in the Street Stock division for the second week in a row.
Person found dead inside Chicopee home after report of disturbance, police say
Chicopee police found one person dead inside a home Sunday evening after responding to a report of a disturbance and are now investigating how they died, the department said. Chicopee police first reported the investigation into the Farmington Street home on Facebook around 6:50 p.m., writing that lower James Street was closed as a result. Then, around 10:30 p.m., the police department wrote that officers had responded to the home for a report of a disturbance but learned that a gun may have gone off while they were responding.
Tractor-trailer crash on Thruway kills two
Two people are dead after a tractor trailer accident on I-87 in Albany Thursday morning. Sabrina Bermudez, 50, from Ludlow, Massachusetts and Paul Keiley, 64, from Rockville Centre, died at the scene, according to an update from New York State Police Friday morning. The accident happened around 8 a.m. Thursday...
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