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  Police Log, Oct. 11, 2014

  WESTFIELD Emergency response and crime report Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 9:06 a.m.: larceny, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports his...

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  State nursing education program paying off

  BOSTON — A collaboration launched four years ago between the state, the health care industry and colleges to educate more nurses appears...

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  Boston officials outline Ebola precautions

  PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — City health officials said yesterday that Boston has seen three or four possible cases of...

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  From the desk of Stefan Czaporowski…

  This month, Westfield Vocational Technical High School welcomes the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) for a comprehensive peer review...

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  New Family Cancer Risk Program at Baystate Medical Center unlocks the genetic code to breast cancer

  SPRINGFIELD – Breast cancer survivor Diane Santos, before undergoing surgery, opted for genetic testing to see if she carried the BRCA gene,...

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  Worthington to withdraw July 1

  HUNTINGTON – Superintendent David B. Hopson informed the Gateway Regional School Committee that he received word from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary...

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  Ballot question targets indexing of gas tax

  BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — If approved, Question 1 on the November ballot wouldn’t lower the state’s gas tax, but...

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  US Sen. Markey seeking 1st full 6-year term

  STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press MALDEN (AP) — After a nicotine vaporizer accidentally started a small fire in the...

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  Oil, natural gas prices confound region

  STEPHEN SINGER, AP Business Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pipeline bottlenecks that drove up natural gas home heating prices in New England...

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  Two arrested for Huntington break-in after police chase

  By ERIC GOLDSCHEIDER Daily Hampshire Gazette Contributing Writer NORTHAMPTON — Two Springfield men were arrested by Massachusetts State Police Saturday — one...

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  Police Log, Oct. 10, 2014

  WESTFIELD Emergency response and crime report Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 3:59 a.m.: robbery, School Street, a caller reports she was robbed by...

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  Kinne Brook Dam removed

  CHESTER – Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Commissioner Mary Griffin on Friday announced the removal of Kinne Brook Dam in...