Belchertown, Massachusetts

By SUZANNE McLAUGHLIN smclaughlin@repub.com WILBRAHAM - Selectmen in Wilbraham are debating whether to fill priority employee vacancies or wait to see whether the governor imposes any more cuts to the state ...

There was a referendum question on the ballot - Free the Pike, it was called. It would have abolished the Mass Pike, and the tolls, and the auto-excise tax, and replaced the lost revenues by raising the ...

By SANDY CONSTANTINE sconstantine@repub.com BELCHERTOWN - A Granby man pleaded innocent in Eastern Hampshire District Court to charges of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older and rape in ...

Senior Airman Heidi Boshek, left and Tech. Sgt. David Demers Sr., right, fold the flag during a ceremony to dedicate the new Middle East War Memorial on the Belchertown Town Common, Tuesday.

A Granby rape suspect in his 40's had a not guilty plea entered for him in East Hampshire County District Court in Belchertown late Monday afternoon.

Veterans Day is next Tuesday and in Massachusetts the police chiefs get to decide when retail stores will be allowed to open.

Nov 5, 2008 12:30 pm US/Eastern Prop. 2 1/2 Questions Approved & Denied Across MA Several voters across Massachusetts voted on Proposition 2 1/2 questions in their town, in addition to the three main ballot ...

In addition to state questions on the ballot Tuesday, several communities will decide local matters.

On Oct. 24 at 8:13 p.m. during a traffic stop at the corner of North Pleasant and Amity streets, Lauren N. Ciardiello, 19, of Walpole, was arrested on charges of failure to stay within marked lanes, speeding, ...

By JOHN APPLETON jappleton@repub.com BELCHERTOWN - Plans to expand and renovate Clapp Memorial Library will undergo a major test during the Nov.

Katie L. Yvon, of Belchertown, models a fall ensemble at Chez Josef in Agawam on Thursday night at The Republican's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Fall Fashion Show.

Gov. Deval Patrick stopped by Town Hall Thursday with one message for local leaders: Don't panic.

Police are investigating. * Owen M. White, 25, of West Tisbury, was arrested Monday at 12:53 a.m. on North Pleasant Street on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and ...

By NANCY H. GONTER ngonter@repub.com BELCHERTOWN - Long before she was named a district court judge, Maureen E. Walsh told U.S. District Court Judge Michael A. Ponsor what to do and he made the mistake of ...

Enfield police say a 46-year-old Lego Systems employee is charged with buying toys from the company on her corporate credit cards, then reselling them and pocketing the profits.

Steven G. Kiel shows the claw marks from a bear on bird feeders with others knocked down and metal poles bent from bear feedings in the backyard of his Gwen Circle home.

This is a 3:11 p.m. update of a story posted at 1:13 this afternoon. By DIANE LEDERMAN dlederman@repub.com AMHERST - As the Lord Jeffery Inn gets ready to close for expansion, some who work there are feeling ...

A special permit for a cellular telephone tower off Franklin Street was denied by the Planning Board Tuesday, with some members citing concerns about work on the property surrounding the access road to the ...

Police dogs and a helicopter searched the Tri-Lakes area in northwest Belcertown this morning for an 80-year-old man with dementia missing since Tuesday morning.