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BOSTON — The state’s highest court upheld on Monday the 2007 conviction of a Greenfield man serving two consecutive life sentences in prison for the strangulation death of Brandy Waryasz and her unborn son in April 2005.The Massachusetts Supreme...

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Donald Harty was hiking the Panorama Trail in Yosemite National Park last year when his cellphone rang despite spotty reception.The voice on the other end was that of Jeremy Bucci, then the chief trial counsel for the Northwestern District Attorney’s...

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GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge on Thursday declined to adjust the bail of one of the Holyoke men facing drug and gun charges after allegedly leading police on a vehicle chase and foot pursuit in January 2022.Judge David Hodge...

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GREENFIELD –- A Franklin County Superior Court judge has set a tentative August date for a rescheduled bail hearing for the Bernardston man who has pleaded not guilty to witness intimidation and violating a restraining order aimed at protecting a...

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GREENFIELD — Three people who allegedly stole merchandise from a Home Depot store in New Hampshire were arrested in Greenfield on Wednesday morning following a police pursuit that ended on Duren Drive two hours later.Jahnie Cox, 20, of Brooklyn, New...

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GREENFIELD — Four of the men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop officially started their prison sentences Tuesday morning.Brothers Daniel Rice Jr., 40, and Brandon Rice, 37, as well as...

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ORANGE — Residents will adopt an 8% budget increase for fiscal year 2024 if they give their blessing to the suggested figures with no edits at Annual Town Meeting.Voters who convene at Town Hall on Tuesday will be presented with a proposed $26.9...

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GREENFIELD — A New Hampshire man is being held on $3,000 bail after authorities say he was stopped in Bernardston while wearing a tactical vest and in possession of firearms and knives while impersonating a police officer in a decommissioned...

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Memories come flooding back to retired Judge David Ross as he strolls the halls, offices and rooms at Orange District Court. Following 24 years on the bench, the Amherst resident hung up his black robe for good on April 28.But the stories he...

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GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man found guilty last week of four child sexual abuse charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of a...

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GREENFIELD — Opposing attorneys and a Franklin County Superior Court judge convened Tuesday afternoon to work toward determining the fate of a Gill man who was deemed not competent to stand trial for allegedly shooting at another man and that man’s...

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ORANGE — The town is scheduled to discuss Wednesday the contract a public service veteran has proposed as he vies to take the reins as interim town administrator for six months to a year.The Selectboard interviewed Carter Terenzini, most recently the...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the end of the Vietnam War, about 300,000 American military veterans have died from exposure to Agent Orange. One of those fallen patriots was lifelong Erving resident Bruce L. Bezio, who died of lung cancer in September 2021,...

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GREENFIELD — A mid-level operative in the cocaine trafficking syndicate that operated, in part, out of a Greenfield barbershop was granted a stay to his sentence so he can train the employees who will take over for him at his Turners Falls...

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GREENFIELD — The case of the former Buckland Police chief facing three identical sexual assault charges has been continued without a finding until next year after the defendant admitted the prosecution has sufficient facts to prove his guilt.James T....

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LEYDEN — The Our Family Farms dairy cooperative has opened a $1.8 million plant to process its milk and stay competitive in a notoriously difficult industry.Construction on the 4,500-square-foot facility started in November 2021 but completion was...

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ORANGE – The Orange Farmers’ Market begins its 2023 season this week when it will be open Thursday afternoons from May 18 to Oct. 19.“It’s been a long winter. We’re ready for the market,” said Rachel Gonzalez, now in her ninth year as the market’s...

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WENDELL — The Friends of the Wendell Meetinghouse has started a new public series driven entirely by donations.Thursdays at the Wendell Meetinghouse will consist of music, readings and other events starting at 7 p.m. every Thursday through June 29....

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ORANGE — Change is brewing at Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co., which is set to become a worker-owned cooperative on July 1.Dean Cycon founded the business in 1993 and, having recently turned 70, is ready to hand the reins to his 16 employees.“Who...

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WARWICK — Salamander Hollow Healing Habitat recently received the Massachusetts first-place prize from Hipcamp, a website and mobile app offering outdoor stays and camping experiences, along with being named a national finalist.The private, honeybee...