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3 Mass. Churches May Remain Open, Vatican Rules
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) – The Vatican has ruled that three western Massachusetts churches closed by the Springfield Diocese should remain open, including one that parishioners have occupied for two years....
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Flooding From Tropical Storm Irene Forces Evacuations In Western Mass.
CHESTER (AP) — State emergency management officials say hundreds of residents in several western Massachusetts communities were evacuated as torrential rain from Tropical Storm Irene caused rivers and...
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Western Mass. Dealing With Major Flooding After Irene
GREENFIELD (CBS/AP) – Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday toured Greenfield in Franklin County, one of the hardest hit areas of the state, where homes, roads and even a bridge were washed away by raging...
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Untreated Wastewater Flowing Into Western Mass. Rivers
GREENFIELD (AP) — Massachusetts health officials are urging people not to swim, fish or go boating in portions of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers because of the discharge of untreated wastewater...
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3 Men Charged In Murders Of 3 Others In Western Mass.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (CBS/AP) — A police report says one of three Massachusetts men found dead over the weekend was killed so he couldn’t testify at the robbery, assault and kidnapping trial of a Hells...
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Jet Maker Plans To Invest $20 Million, Add Jobs In Westfield
WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick says aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. plans to build a new maintenance hangar in western Massachusetts, a move that will create 200...
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Woman Charged With Killing Spouse In Western Mass.
NORTHAMPTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts woman has been charged with killing her spouse. Prosecutors say 45-year-old Cara Rintala was arrested in Rhode Island on Wednesday after a Hampshire County...
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Fire Tears Through Western Mass. Country Club
GREENFIELD (AP) — Authorities say the investigation into the cause of a fire that destroyed a western Massachusetts country club could take more than a week to complete. No injuries were reported when...
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48 Spend Night On Amtrak Train Stuck In Western Mass.
PALMER (CBS/AP) – Amtrak officials say a train got stuck for 12 hours overnight in central Massachusetts with 48 people aboard and they are being taken to their destinations by bus. Amtrak spokeswoman...
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State Hosts Public Meetings On Utility Response To October Snowstorm
BOSTON (CBS) – The state has scheduled public hearings to give people a chance to offer their input on how the power companies handled the fall nor’easter. There will be eight hearings throughout...
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Small Earthquake Hits Northampton
WILMINGTON (CBS) – For the second time in less than a week, a small earthquake hit Massachusetts. Monday’s 1.4-magnitude quake was centered just outside of Northampton. Plenty of people felt it around...
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Western Mass. Residents Hear Casino Plan For Springfield
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A company that hopes to build a casino in Springfield is assuring local residents that it doesn’t have a glitzy Las Vegas-style resort in mind, but rather one that would fit the...
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MGM Abandons Plans For Casino In Brimfield
BOSTON (AP) — MGM Resorts says it is abandoning a plan to build a resort-style casino in the Massachusetts town of Brimfield, and will seek an alternative location in western Massachusetts. The Las...
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Mother And Daughter Die In Western Mass. House Fire
WHATELY, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a 94-year-old woman and her 64-year-old daughter have died in a house fire in the western Massachusetts town of Whately. A spokeswoman for the Northwestern...
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Western Mass. Still Recovering From Tornado 2 Years Later
BRIMFIELD (CBS) — Few can imagine what the residents of Moore, Oklahoma are going through. Brimfield campground owner Lester Twarowski has an idea. “There are people just looking around wondering why,...
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Tornado Watch Issued For Western Massachusetts
PITTSFIELD (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Berkshire County in western Massachusetts. Forecasters say the watch will be in effect until 11 p.m. Friday. Tornado...
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Man Arrested For 1992 Agawam Rape, Murder
AGAWAM (CBS) — An arrest has been made in the rape and murder of a young woman in Agawam 25 years ago. Gary E. Schara, 48, of West Springfield was arrested and charged with the murder, aggravated rape,...
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‘Like The Hunger Games’: Western Mass. Residents Feel Abandoned By New COVID...
NORTH ADAMS (CBS) – Robin Meyer of North Adams says she was lucky to get her spouse a COVID-19 vaccine appointment on Thursday night, right before Massachusetts launched a new preregistration system....
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