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More Funds Requested for Ball Lane Housing Project
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, July 11, 2024. This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. It can be viewed here. Carol Lewis and Erica Piedade (Co-Chairs), Rob Crowner, Grover Wehman Brown, Allegra Clark, Gaston de los Reyes, and Alex Cox. Staff: Greg...
Student-athletes upset after Mount Holyoke College cuts tennis team
SOUTH HADLEY, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - After finishing this year with a winning record and being successful for the last few years, the Mount Holyoke College tennis team has officially been cut by the school and that decision has received some pushback from the team itself. “I was pretty shocked. I...
Man falsely imprisoned for Springfield killing says police coerced testimony
SPRINGFIELD — A shopkeeper who spent more than a decade behind bars before a jury acquitted him has filed a lawsuit saying police officers working the case pressured witnesses to make false statements that led to his incarceration. “In December 2010, Mr. Hernandez was convicted of the first-degree murder...
Berkshire Scenic to Celebrate 40 Years With Tours of ‘Roger Williams’ Train
The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum will kick off its 40th year this weekend, July 27 and 28, with a celebration at its Lenox, Mass., station, including exclusive tours of the famed Roger Williams experimental high-speed train. The New York, New Haven & Hartford train has three Budd RDCs with streamlined...
‘All in for Kamala’: Entire Mass. congressional delegation has now endorsed Harris
Every member of Massachusetts's all-Democrat congressional delegation has thrown their weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris' bid for president. With Vice President Kamala Harris poised to become her party’s nominee for president, Democrats across the country are bestowing their endorsements — including the entire congressional delegation from Massachusetts.
Bob Marcum, AD at Kansas, South Carolina, UMass and Marshall, has died at age 87
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Bob Marcum, who served as athletic director at Kansas, South Carolina, UMass and Marshall, has died a few days after suffering a stroke. He was 87. South Carolina, UMass and Marshall’s athletic departments all announced Marcum’s death Wednesday, a day after he died. Arkansas coach John Calipari, who worked under Marcum at Massachusetts, posted on social media Sunday that Marcum was hospitalized after complications from a stroke. C alipari posted about Marcum’s death Tuesday, saying the two spent time together in the hospital. “We talked about our time together at UMass, he as AD and me his coach,” Calipari wrote. “We laughed cried and prayed.”
‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules
The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies. The court found that the term “surface waters” in policies is ambiguous and the ambiguity must be resolved...
Westfield state primary election vote-by-mail ballots should arrive this week
WESTFIELD — City Clerk Kaitlyn Bruce said her Westfield office has received the ballots for the Sept. 3 state primary election, and staff will be hand-delivering them to the post office this week for people who have requested to vote by mail. The state primary election will feature party...
Massachusetts gas prices fell from last week: See how much here
State gas prices fell for the second consecutive week and reached an average of $3.47 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $3.49 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The average fuel price in state has risen about 7 cents since last month. According to the EIA, gas prices across the state in the last year have been as low as $3.07 on Jan. 29, 2024, and as...
3 Massachusetts Troopers Linked to Karen Read Case Under Internal Affairs Investigation Before Murder Retrial
Three Massachusetts Troopers working with the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, who are linked to Karen Read's murder case, are now under internal affairs investigation, RadarOnline.com can reveal. Read, 44, was accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe in 2022. Last month — after a nine-week trial and five days of deliberation — jurors were unable to reach a verdict and the judge declared a mistrial.Read's new trial date has been set for January 2025. One state trooper has already been investigated, resulting in their allegations being classified as "unfounded".The three men were reportedly in communication with...
RMV restarting motor vehicle inspections today after tech outage disrupted services
Motor vehicle inspections will restart in Massachusetts today, Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced. Last Friday, a worldwide technology outage forced Commonwealth officials to cancel all inspections. Inspections are set to resume today, Wednesday, according to a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles statement. "The Registry continues to coordinate with its vendor, OPUS, and...
'Next year will be even better': American Legion girls' softball gains momentum in state while finishing 1st season
OXFORD — For nearly 100 years, the American Legion organization has sponsored a baseball program for high school-age boys. There was no equivalent for girls' softball over the next 90 years until the first department-sanctioned American Legion girls' softball league was created in North Carolina in 2017. ...
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