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By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Closure for Matthew Dale meant giving his mother her name back — and he did just that last Thursday in a quiet ceremony at the West Street Cemetery.In 1978, Dale’s mother went missing when he was 5 years old. His family reported her...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A 60-year-old man from South Deerfield was killed Feb. 24 after he was struck by a northbound Amtrak train, according to a spokesperson from the Northwestern district attorney’s office.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WASHINGTON — The Deerfield woman arrested at the U.S. Capitol this week for telling police she wanted to kill top Republicans conceded to detention on Jan. 30 and a hearing is set for April 1, according to federal court documents.

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown restaurant is facing charges for allegedly serving 22 shots of liquor to three underage employees over a six-hour period in early August, one of whom got into a car crash while driving under the influence in Ludlow a short...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — While making its journey to the Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, a piece of a New York fire truck that melted and warped from the flaming aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks snapped in half from the vibrations from travel.Matt Bail,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Saying that Police Chief Kevin Pacunas’ decision to deny a firearms license to a resident earlier this year was “overly broad, vague and therefore arbitrary and capricious,” a judge last month ordered the town to grant the license.In...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — Before police officers began their patrols on July 19, each officer clipped on one of the 23 fully charged body cameras sitting on a docking station, officially launching the department’s body-worn camera program that aims to improve...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HADLEY — A high-speed chase in Hadley on July 10 ended with a car crash that closed part of Bay Road after an unmarked police vehicle collided with the pursued vehicle just outside the Hampton Inn.The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. with police...

By DOMENIC POLI

DEERFIELD — A Turners Falls man faces various charges, including his third OUI offense, after allegedly driving a vehicle into a River Road house late last month.Jason E. Tyler, 50, pleaded not guilty in Greenfield District Court on Monday to charges...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Police responded to the area of Bull Hill Road and Route 116 on the morning of May 23 for a report of a moose struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival shortly after 7 a.m., though, there were more questions than answers, as first responders...

AMHERST — A near-unanimous Town Council this week confirmed Police Capt. Gabriel Ting as Amherst’s next police chief.Six days after Town Manager Paul Bockelman said he would name Ting, a 27-year veteran and interim police chief since last May, to the...

GRANBY – Granby Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects who allegedly used a dump truck to steal $100,000 from a PeoplesBank stand-alone ATM machine in January. On Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 1:26 a.m., police responded to 77...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Massachusetts State Police have begun implementing a program to improve interactions with people on the autism spectrum, building upon legislation that won Senate approval in January and remains before a House committee.Participating drivers...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — The town this summer is likely to become the latest to follow a growing trend in the region of outsourcing emergency communications to regional dispatch centers.Staffing shortages for dispatchers and $7.6 million in upcoming radio...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — The Connecticut man accused of shooting a Hadley farmer on Mill Valley Road on the afternoon of Dec. 31 allegedly is in a relationship with the farmer’s ex-girlfriend, and was previously involved in a confrontation with the farmer at the same...