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How to register for the Franklin County Summer Softball League: Deadline ends May 31
The deadline to register for the 2024 Franklin County Summer Softball League is fast approaching. Over 125 girls participated last year and got the opportunity to continue their development on the field throughout the summer. Here is a guide on how to sign up and some details on the Franklin...
224 grams of crack, gun found after car pulled over on I-91 in Western Mass.
Three people were arrested and more than 200 grams of crack cocaine and a gun were found after a car was pulled over on Interstate 91 in Western Massachusetts earlier this week, authorities said. Massachusetts State Police Trooper Hunter Ratelle discovered 224 grams of crack cocaine and a disassembled, 9-millimeter...
Rainbow Motel In Whately Goes Up In Flames In Weekend Fire
Seventeen people were displaced when a two-alarm fire tore through a well-known, family-owned Franklin County motel over the weekend, authorities said. The fire began at The Rainbow Motel at 64 State Road in Whately just after midnight on Saturday, May 18, the Whately Fire Department said in a Facebook post. The fire burned so hot and fast that 10 agencies from surrounding communities sent firefighters, equipment, and mutual aid to battle the blaze.
3 interstate drug traffickers were arrested on I-91 in Deerfield
DEERFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - On Monday State Police pulled over a car with an unreadable registration tag. The trooper discovered the driver, 48-year-old Nicol Murano from Brattleboro, Vermont did not have an active driver’s license and neither did the two passengers. All three people were placed under arrest and...
Two Arrested After Warwick Chief Deliberately Struck By Motorist
Two people are in custody after the Warwick police chief was hit twice by the driver of a vehicle during a traffic stop on Tuesday. Chief David Shoemaker was assisting a fellow officer at the stop, when a driver later identified as Michael Martelle allegedly hit the chief and then fled the scene.
Former Leominster business ready for fresh start following historic September flooding
ATHOL, Mass. - Heather Dinitto was one of a number of business owners working out of the Tilton Cook Marketplace, when September's intense flooding destroyed the building she worked out of. "We have just never seen that much water ever, and it was rushing," said Dinitto. "We drove around the...
Greenfield's Paulin No-Hits McCann Tech
GREENFIELD, Mass. – MacKenzie Paulin struck out 16 and walked one in no-hitting McCann Tech on Saturday in the Western Massachusetts Class C Semi-Finals. Miranda Ranzoni worked a walk and stole a base for the Hornets. Alexis Lemanski and Emma Lemire split time in the circle for McCann Tech,...
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