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Joe Kennedy: It’s time to strengthen transgender protections

STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy is pressing state lawmakers to approve legislation strengthening legal protections for...

Feds seek state health exchange records

BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal authorities have subpoenaed records related to the Massachusetts Health Connector, including a period covering...

Police: student stored loaded gun in car

WESTFIELD (AP) — The case of a former Westfield State University student arrested for allegedly bringing a loaded large-capacity gun to campus...

Police Log, May 6, 2015

WESTFIELD Emergency response and crime report Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:01 a.m.: fraud, citizen came to station to report that her social...

Firefighters put out 10-acre brush fire

By LAURIE LOISEL @LaurieLoisel Daily Hampshire Gazette HUNTINGTON — About 40 firefighters from at least eight Hilltowns, including Chesterfield, Goshen, Westhampton, Williamsburg...

104th Emergency Management trains at Spangdahlem, Germany

by SECOND LIEUTENANT BONNIE HARPER Public Affairs Massachusetts Air National Guard SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Airmen from the Emergency Management Flight,...

Police Log, May 5, 2015

WESTFIELD Emergency response and crime report Tuesday, May 5, 2015 10:16 a.m.: arrest, Jeremy G. Higgins, 29, of 291 North Elm St.,...

Arts Beat

Another Opening, Another Show Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak will helm Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me, Kate”, his first musical since winning...

On the Street: What do you think of the situation in Baltimore?

Shipman Memorial Concert scheduled

HUNTINGTON – The 3rd Annual Shipman Memorial Concert, in memory of retired teacher and Tech Crew Director Rob Shipman, will be held...

Scholarship named in memory of Zarichak

HOLYOKE – The Board of Trustees of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke is offering a $1,250 scholarship to a veteran or the...