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Grim details emerge in Greenfield homicide investigation
GREENFIELD — In the Chapman Street apartment where Taaniel Herberger-Brown used to live, police found a partially dismembered body on Monday afternoon. Hours later, Herberger-Brown, 42, was arrested at Albany International Airport in New York, where he said he was catching a flight to visit his mother and to various foreign destinations. The Albany County Sheriff’s Office detained him.
Outrage as drag queen leads young kids in ‘free Palestine’ chant during story time event
Video of a drag queen in Massachusetts leading a group of young kids to chant “Free Palestine” has sparked fierce backlash — with some calling it “indoctrination” that is “wrong on every level.” The encounter, which unfolded at a “Queer Storytime for Palestine” event organized by the Valley Families for Palestine group in Amherst, had gone viral by April 25 as outrage mounted. For top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com.
Six months before Belchertown shooting incidents, another resident’s house was hit
BELCHERTOWN — Rick and Angela Kowal were spending a cozy winter morning in bed when a piece of their bedroom wall “sprinkled like confetti,” Rick Kowal said. “I thought it was a nail had popped,” Rick Kowal said. “I was confused.”. If you purchase a...
More than $2 million in marijuana taxes have been paid in Greater Gardner. Where do they go?
In the eight years since the retail sale of marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts, over 310 dispensaries have opened across the commonwealth, including four dispensaries in the Greater Gardner area. In addition to providing safe and legal access to marijuana, the dispensaries are providing revenue to the cities and towns...
US Dept. of Education investigates complaint of alleged anti-Palestinian harassment at UMass Amherst
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating claims made by 18 UMass Amherst students who said the school discriminated against Palestinian students amid Israel’s war in Gaza. The civil rights complaint said that despite repeated communication to over a dozen administrators and Title IXofficials,...
State Ethics Commission’s Alleges Former Leyden Police Chief Galvis and Captain Galvis Violated Conflict of Interest Laws
Couple allegedly sold town-owned equipment for personal profit and steered town work to their private automotive business. The Enforcement Division of the State Ethics Commission has filed Orders to Show Cause today alleging that former Leyden Police Chief Daniel Galvis and former Leyden Police Captain Gilda Galvis violated the conflict of interest law by selling Town equipment for their private gain, contracting to repair Town vehicles for profit through their co-owned auto shop, and other actions implicating self-dealing and misuse of their official positions. The two Orders separately initiate adjudicatory proceedings against Daniel Galvis and Gilda Galvis, who are a married couple.
Carole Gariepy of Phillipston: Great entertainment at bird feeder, plus a surprise visitor
We feed the birds. In fact, we feed the birds every morning before we feed ourselves, and then while we are eating our cereal we watch them dining on their seeds. We are always awed at their beauty and entertained by their interactions with each other as they feed. This...
Mass. residents fighting to reclaim money from city in 'equity theft' lawsuit
GREENFIELD, Mass. — Two Greenfield residents are fighting to get back what the city has taken from them in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that, if successful, could also put millions of dollars back in the pockets of residents across Massachusetts. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges that the two...
Northeast Large Scale Train Show roars into Eastern States Exposition
If January’s Railroad Hobby Show - the largest show of its kind in North America - wasn’t big enough for you, then you might want to consider attending this weekend’s Northeast Large Scale Train Show. Both shows, held on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition, are...
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