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By DOMENIC POLI

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...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ERVING — With 15 years of experience on the bench at Orange District Court, Judge Laurie MacLeod shared some of the significant problems facing Franklin County and the promising programs that aim to remedy them.MacLeod met with Franklin County...

ORANGE — An Orange District Court judge sentenced Athol resident Gregory J. Batchelor to 18 months in jail on Wednesday following a conviction on four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years old, according to the Northwestern...

By DOMENIC POLI

The backlog plaguing courthouses across much of the state seems to have spared Franklin and Hampshire counties, where the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office reportedly put many cases to bed while in-person jury trials were suspended during the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The owner of Elev8 Cannabis in Athol will remain at Bridgewater State Hospital for the time being, after a doctor deemed him incompetent to stand trial.Seun Adedeji, 29, appeared in Orange District Court on Tuesday, when Judge Laurie MacLeod...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A district court judge ruled Tuesday that the state had met its burden in arguing that no amount of bail would ensure public safety in the case of three men who were arrested after allegedly stabbing a man they know on North Main Street...

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL — A Lynn woman was ordered held on $5,000 bail this week after a traffic stop led to her arrest on drug trafficking charges.Demetrius Daily, 41, pleaded not guilty in Orange District Court to two counts of possession of a Class B substance with...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Three men have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man they know on North Main Street on Monday before leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in Belchertown.Ali Ayala, 22, of Springfield, Alex Santana, 31,...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — An Athol man pleaded not guilty Friday to 11 charges in connection to several alleged incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault in 2021 and 2022.Christopher C. Mundell, 36, of Sanders Street, was arraigned in Orange District Court on...

ATHOL — Orange District Court Judge Laurie MacLeod set bail in the cases of three people who are being charged in connection with an assault in which two people were held against their will for four hours in a house in Athol, according the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Six North Quabbin residents face charges of kidnapping and other crimes as a result of an assault in which two people were reportedly held against their will for four hours in an Athol house on Feb. 1.Athol residents Franklin L. Payne, 46,...

ATHOL — Five people are scheduled for arraignment in Orange District Court on Friday in connection with a violent assault in which two people were held against their will for four hours in a house in Athol, according to the Northwestern Assistant...

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — It was in March 2020 when the western world was starting to feel the squeeze of COVID-19 and one of Laurie MacLeod’s family members suggested a Zoom pizza party.“And I said, ‘What’s Zoom?” she recalled Tuesday. MacLeod, like millions of...