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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the 42-year-old man from Greenfield who is accused of killing 35-year-old Christopher Hairston, of Pittsfield, in April, was held without bail after pleading not guilty to murder and eight other charges in...

By AMALIA WOMPA

WENDELL — A local actor, director and writer hopes to capture the mysteries of life with his new book of poetry.Court Dorsey, 74, was born in Rome, New York, before living most of his young life in the suburbs of Chicago. Now a Wendell resident,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

BOSTON — Three Massachusetts Appeals Court judges heard oral arguments on Wednesday after former Greenfield Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. and the city challenged a 2022 Hampshire County Superior Court ruling that found he and the Police Department...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Changing Lives Though Literature, an alternative sentencing option that offers those on probation reduced sentences upon completion of a 10-week literature program, is inspiring many of its graduates to pursue higher education.The program...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — Three women who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a fallen tree in Orange in August are suing a property owner for negligence, arguing that he neglected to remove the “decaying” tree.According to Orange Police Chief James Sullivan,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Wendell man who was convicted five years ago of ending his girlfriend’s life in 2017 will not get the chance to have the alleged murder weapon tested for evidence, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled on Tuesday.Lewis H....

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A new Franklin County clerk of courts will take the oath of office in January and barring some miraculous write-in campaign, that person will be Benjamin Simanski.The first assistant clerk magistrate for the past 11 years, Simanski is...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Superior Court Associate Justice Francis E. “Frank” Flannery, appointed to the bench in 2018 after a more than 20-year career that included serving as assistant district attorney in the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, died over...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Judge Tina Cafaro set bail at $1,000 for the man accused of driving off after allegedly hitting two women with his vehicle and fleeing the scene on Country Club Road on Friday.Greenfield Police arrested Vladimir Sinigur, 55, of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Vermont man accused of causing a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to a Rhode Island family of four last year had his $10,000 bail revoked on Thursday after testing positive for cocaine.Javery A. Hattat will...

By DOMENIC POLI

WORCESTER — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center’s executive director is being sued by a former co-worker alleging she has lost out on consulting contracts because of damaging information spread by her ex-colleague.Maura Geary is the first...

GREENFIELD — Judge Jane Mulqueen set bail at $50,000 for an Orange man facing a dozen child rape charges in Franklin County Superior Court.Jakob Malcolm-O’Malley, 19, has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of rape of child in a case that has been...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man was sentenced to five to seven years in prison on Thursday after changing his plea on eight charges related to child sexual abuse.Timothy M. Erikson, 47, appeared in Franklin County Superior Court to plead guilty to five...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A Turners Falls man facing charges in connection with firing a BB/pellet gun at people and property in Buckland earlier this year was one of two people arrested in Rhode Island on Saturday for the alleged sexual assault of two...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the city man accused of murdering Christopher Hairston of Pittsfield earlier this year, has been indicted on a charge of murder by a grand jury and will be arraigned in Franklin County Superior Court on Oct. 21,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Two suspects have been arrested after allegedly engaging in a foot pursuit that caused staff and students at the Discovery School at Four Corners to temporarily shelter-in-place on Friday afternoon.Following a roughly three-hour foot...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Connecting people who are coping with legal matters with vital services can help prevent recidivism. It was with this in mind that the Franklin County Justice Center was chosen as the site of a Community Resource Fair featuring roughly 30...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A 30-year-old Greenfield woman accused of physically assaulting an elderly woman at a pro-Israel rally on the Greenfield Common in May turned herself into the police last week, according to Police Chief Todd Dodge.The defendant, whose...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A local man was sentenced to five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday to 14 charges stemming from a pair of incidents two years ago, including a shooting in Energy Park.Gabe M. Adams, 21, appeared in Franklin...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Rhode Island man will spend the next nine to 12 years in prison after changing his plea on 17 charges related to a May 2022 crash that hospitalized seven motorcyclists riding on Route 10 in Northfield.Ryan T. O’Farrell, 34, appeared in...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A local man facing 29 charges, including rape and strangulation, will be released from custody if he can identify an appropriate residence to stay at, a Franklin County Superior Court judge has decided.Branden M. Eugenio, 31, appeared...