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Suspect in Hampshire County homicide faces arraignment
March 13, 2022 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The suspect in the only homicide in Hampshire County last year faces arraignment in Superior Court on Monday.
Steven J. Malloy, 32, is charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in the shooting death of Joseph Fillio in Northampton.
Smith College president announces plans to step down in 2023
February 25, 2022 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Smith College President Kathleen McCartney said Friday she plans to step down in June 2023 after 10 years at the helm, becoming the latest leader of a high-profile Massachusetts college to announce plans to leave their position.
DA releases name of Hampshire County homicide victim
December 3, 2021 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Authorities on Friday released the name of the victim in Hampshire County's first homicide of the year.
Joseph Fillio, 39, of Pittsfield, died after being shot in the head in a Northampton apartment at around 11 p.m.
1 dead, 1 in custody after shooting in Northampton
December 2, 2021 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The suspect in the first homicide in Hampshire County this year has been held without bail after pleading not guilty to murder and other charges at his arraignment Thursday.
Driver killed, 2 passengers hurt, in crash in Boston tunnel
November 22, 2021 GMTBOSTON (AP) — The driver was killed and two passengers were seriously injured when a car crashed inside the Sumner Tunnel in Boston over the weekend, state police said.
The single-vehicle crash occurred at about 3:20 a.m.
City wants to buy vacant church for community center
October 17, 2021 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The city of Northampton wants to buy a shuttered Catholic church building in town that the current owner plans to demolish.
The city’s director of planning and sustainability in a letter to O’Connell Development Group of Holyoke this month said Northampton would pay $550,000 for the St.
Pelosi touts need for affordable child care in Massachusetts
September 9, 2021 GMTWORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured a Worcester child care facility Thursday in a visit meant to highlight the importance of affordable child care.
New president named at Massachusetts General Hospital
August 30, 2021 GMTBOSTON (AP) — The chair of Massachusetts General Hospital's emergency medicine department has been named president, the hospital announced Monday.
Dr. David F. M. Brown will take over from longtime MGH President Dr.
Coca-Cola to shutter plant in 2023; 319 to lose jobs
August 6, 2021 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Coca-Cola has announced plans to shutter a Massachusetts bottling plant in summer 2023, leaving its 319 employees to find new jobs.
The beverage giant announced plans Wednesday to close the Northampton plant ,as well as sell facilities in Michigan, Missouri and Texas to Refresco, which the company says are unrelated, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported.
Marijuana home delivery services launch in Massachusetts
July 16, 2021 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Home-delivered marijuana has arrived in Massachusetts.
At least two companies announced this week they have launched operations. Lantern, a sister company of the popular alcohol delivery service Drizly, says it's now serving the Boston area.
Mother whose daughter was poisoned by father gets probation
July 1, 2021 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The former wife of a Massachusetts man convicted of trying to kill the couple’s then-7-year-old daughter with drain cleaner has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment of a child and avoided jail time.
Music venue operator accused of wage law violations
June 21, 2021 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Two western Massachusetts entertainment companies and their owner have been told to pay more than $100,000 in restitution and penalties over allegations that they violated state wage laws, the state attorney general's office announced Monday.
‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91
May 26, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91.
Massachusetts expanding vaccine preregistration locations
April 7, 2021 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts residents hoping to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments through the state website will have additional locations to choose from beyond the state’s seven existing mass vaccination sites, Gov...
Rally backs principal opposed to confederate flags in class
February 25, 2021 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Students at a Massachusetts middle school rallied Wednesday in support of their principal, who has faced backlash for asking other students to stop displaying Confederate flags in class...
Pelosi to college grads: Know your purpose, power
May 17, 2020 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told graduating seniors at Smith College on Sunday to focus on their unique purpose and power during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.
Closest pot shop to Boston plans opening next weekend
March 16, 2019 GMTBOSTON (AP) — The first recreational marijuana store in the immediate Boston area will be opening soon...
Planting seeds of legal marijuana
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Pot shops report sales above $2.2M in 1st week of operation
November 27, 2018 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The first commercial pot shops in Massachusetts sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products during the first five days they were open for business.
That's according to figures released Tuesday by the Cannabis Control Commission.
Green Tuesday: Crowds line up at 1st East Coast pot shops
November 20, 2018 GMTLEICESTER, Mass. (AP) — Customers waited in long lines, sometimes for hours, on a cold and rainy New England day to be among the first people to legally buy recreational marijuana on the U...
On Eve of First Sales, Pot Regulators Confident
November 20, 2018 GMTBy Colin A. Young
State House News Service
NORTHAMPTON -- Cannabis Control Commission Chairman Steven Hoffman was interested in seeing how the marijuana products at New England Treatment Access are packaged and labeled, so he suggested moving to the part of the retail store he had been told would be used for recreational sales starting today.
What to expect as 1st pot shops in East finally open
November 19, 2018 GMTThe long wait for recreational marijuana sales to begin in Massachusetts is almost over with the first commercial pot shops set to open on Tuesday.
It can hardly be termed a robust launch with only two stores opening initially, in Leicester and Northampton.
NEPSAC Football Gottlieb, Bruins run wild
November 11, 2018 GMTGREENWICH — Michael Gottlieb ran 19 times for 205 yards and three touchdowns to lead Brunswick to a 38-12 victory over Williston-Northampton that earned the Bruins a spot in the NEPSAC championship bowl game next Saturday.
Ex-Mass. teacher pleads not guilty to child rape
August 14, 2013 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A former middle school teacher from Southampton has pleaded not guilty to child rape and other charges.
Prosecutors say James Parks had a sexual relationship with a girl that started when she was 11 and lasted several years.
Body found at Florence campsite in makeshift tent
July 4, 2013 GMTFLORENCE, Mass. (AP) — The body of a dead man has been found at a small campsite in Florence.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/12ofQmN ) that the unidentified body was found shortly after 2 p.m.
Northampton official earns diploma 40 years late
April 27, 2013 GMTNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The Northampton City Council's president is finally getting his high school diploma.
The Republican reports (http://bit.ly/15P6czw ) that Council President William Dwight was to have received his diploma in Holyoke in 1973, but was expelled from various prep schools.