Search Results

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The attorney for one of the 18 people charged in connection with an alleged cocaine trafficking syndicate that had been operating out of a Greenfield barbershop has filed a motion to impound purportedly compromising photos of his client...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ORANGE — With the goal of expanding opportunities to learn about cannabis cultivation, Morning Dew Cultivars recently wrapped up its first four-week training course.The modest facility with few windows and industrial metal walls on Daniel Shays...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A shelter for unwanted and homeless pets established on Montague Road in 1995, creating a small campus for the adoption of dogs, cats and other small animals, is currently closed, and it’s possible that the site may not reopen.The Dakin...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Rhode Island man accused of hospitalizing seven motorcyclists while driving under the influence of drugs on Route 10 in Northfield last spring is still being held on $100,000 bail, Judge Michael Callan reaffirmed on Monday.Ryan T....

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Significant financial support from the Legislature and solid student enrollment means operations at the University of Massachusetts are returning to pre-pandemic levels, while at the same time allowing $60 million in building projects to be...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A new program touted for the opportunity it will offer young doctors to better integrate themselves into the community is doing exactly that with the start of a new shadowing program through the Greenfield Health Department. In...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After years of searching, NUPRO LLC, a polyurethane manufacturer based in Deerfield and Whately, has found its new home only a few miles up the road with plans to expand its production and add more than 50 jobs.The company in August...

ATHOL 39 Beach St. $320,000. B: Justin Lopes. S: Angela Leblanc and David Leblanc. 127 Coolidge St. $180,000. B: Central City Properties LLC. S: Michelle Sanderson and Christopher G. Sanderson. 68 Leonard St. $270,000. B: Jacob D. Hartung. S:...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The former National Guard Armory on Hope Street sold at auction Wednesday afternoon for a final sale price of $390,500.“I asked for the assessed value ... and everyone laughed,” recounted auctioneer Justin Manning, president of JJManning...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

BERNARDSTON — A bicyclist was flown to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon.The incident occurred at around 4:10 p.m. on Church Street near Cushman...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art is ready to get up and running, but has not obtained a certificate of occupancy — something the owners believe won’t be secured until a state Land Court lawsuit has been resolved.Husband and...

Saturday, Aug. 20 10:50 a.m. — Vandalism reported at the Moose Lodge on School Street.1:57 p.m. — Past hit-and-run at the intersection of Elm Street and Elm Terrace reported.4:51 p.m. — Vandalism reported at the softball fields at Murphy Park on...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Bernardston man released from prison earlier this month was arraigned after allegedly violating a restraining order aimed at protecting a family member, whom he previously pleaded guilty to strangling.Antonio P. Candello, 52, pleaded...

By CHRIS LARABEE

ROCHESTER, N.H. — A Whately man has died of his injuries following a Sept. 17 motorcycle crash in Rochester, New Hampshire.Kevin Komosa, 41, died at Frisbie Memorial Hospital on Sept. 18 due to injuries he sustained when his 2016 Harley-Davidson...

By DOMENIC POLI

GILL — Travel Kuz, the fifth-generation coach, limousine and school bus company headquartered on Main Road, has joined the growing Beacon Mobility family of businesses, it was announced Wednesday.The Gill company, which is nearly 100 years old, will...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — An Athol man recently pleaded not guilty to three sexual assault charges stemming from alleged incidents involving a young girl that occurred prior to the summer of 2013.William T. McBride, 59, of Brattle Street, was arraigned in Orange...

ATHOL 232 Bryant St. $360,000. B: Marc Banzuela and Mendrick Banzuela. S: Michael Nunez. 671 Hapgood St. $225,000. B: Joseph S. Hart and Christine E. Hart. S: Felicita H. McGuire and Terrence E. Bennett Jr. 180 Mount Pleasant St. $264,900. B: Watson...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Michael Shelton is prepared for the next challenge in his coaching career. Shelton — who spent the last three years as the head boys basketball coach at Governor’s Academy in Newbury — was hired in May for the same position at Northfield Mount Hermon...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A Millers Falls man who crashed his pickup truck on North King Street near the Hatfield town line Tuesday at 8:50 p.m. was arrested a short time later on a series of charges after fleeing the scene on foot, according to Northampton...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday, roughly an hour after 12 deliberating jurors found him guilty of killing 26-year-old Kelsey Clifford in 2019.Keith D. Hamel, 25, was convicted of...