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HilltwnFamilies: May in the #Berkshires! Check our column, "Berkshire Family Fun" for highlights in Berkshire Cty for families: (link)
HilltwnFamilies: Free Low-Impact Cloth Diapering Workshop happens Thurs pm, 5/30 at @rivervalleymkt in #NorthamptonMA #Westernma (link)
HilltwnFamilies: @HilltwnFamilies' "Berkshire Family Fun" has parents' night out suggestion in #Berkshires at Hilltop Orchards! (link)
Boston Archdiocese reinstates suspended priest
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest suspended a year ago after he was accused of child sexual abuse has been reinstated after the allegation was found to be unsubstantiated.
HilltwnFamilies: Nearly 50 suggested events in #WesternMA for this #MemorialDay weekend! Check our comprehensive list: (link) .@VisitMA
3 students struck by lightning at Mass. school
GRANBY, Mass. (AP) - Three students are recovering after getting struck by lightning at a western Massachusetts private school.
Ex-Framingham State student gets 3 years
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) - A former Framingham State University student has been sentenced to three years in jail for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed one of her friends.
Judge sets trial date in Pittsfield triple slaying
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A judge has set a tentative trial date for early next year for three men charged in a Pittsfield triple slaying.
Mass. soldier killed in Afghanistan returns home
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The body of a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan last week has been returned to Berkshire County.
Ex-Mass. lawmaker facing meth trafficking charges
BOSTON (AP) - A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges.
Seven displaced by Phillips Street kitchen fire
GREENFIELD -- Several residents were forced from a three-family home Wednesday evening, after a fire broke out in a first-floor apartment. The fire was called in at 38 Phillips St., at about 5:45 p.m. Smoke…
Lightning strike sparks Shelburne house fire
SHELBURNE -- A single-family house was set ablaze when lightning struck a nearby tree Wednesday evening. "My mom and I went out to pick up my friend, and when we came back, the whole side of the house…
Greenfield has balanced 2014 budget
GREENFIELD -- Town Council voted 9-3 Wednesday night to approve the mayor's 2014 balanced budget of $43.8 million. At-large councilors Mark Wisnewski and Dalton Athey and Precinct 6 Councilor Hillary Hoffman…
Boston Common observance honors state's war dead
BOSTON (AP) - A special service on Boston Common is honoring people who died in service to the nation since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Mass. Senate bill would protect first responders
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill to ensure that off-duty first responders who provide emergency care are not subject to lawsuits.
Convicted rapist faces sentencing 30 years later
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.
Pedestrian struck and killed in Mass.
WAREHAM, Mass. (AP) - Authorities say a woman has been struck and killed while trying to cross a road in Wareham.
Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.
HilltwnFamilies: Check @HilltwnFamilies column "Berkshire Family Fun" for community events & learning opportunities in the #Berkshires (link)
Buchholz goes to 7-0, Red Sox beat White Sox 6-2
CHICAGO (AP) - Clay Buchholz figures a slump will come his way at some point so he'll enjoy this run while it lasts.
Red Sox 6, White Sox 2
Winning numbers drawn in 'Megabucks Doubler' game
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) - The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Megabucks Doubler" game were:
HilltwnFamilies: For Over 250 Years, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum Brings Culture & More to the Pioneer Valley (link)
