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PELHAM — Two people trapped inside a vehicle that rolled over on Amherst Road at upper North Valley Road Thursday at around 1:45 p.m. were taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, one by a LifeFlight helicopter, according to Police Chief Gary Thomann. While emergency responders had to get both occupants out of the vehicle, […]

BELCHERTOWN — Following a stay at Bridgewater State Hospital, where inmates are commonly held for psychological evaluations, the 36-year-old Wilbraham man accused of murdering his wife at the Hotel UMass in April, appeared in Eastern Hampshire District Court Tuesday afternoon. Jeffrey MacDonald has been indicted and held without bail for the alleged murder of his […]

GOSHEN — Police are searching for a larceny suspect after six to 10 large Rubbermaid totes and several metal weights were stolen from the historic Williams-Boltwood House on Williams Drive. The suspect was seen on security camera footage at approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Video shows a thin, middle-aged male with short hair wearing a […]

AMHERST — Two cars parked at an Amherst apartment complex were destroyed after catching fire in the early morning hours on Memorial Day, according to Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren. Firefighters responded at 1:19 a.m. Monday to a box alarm, summoning both on-duty and off-duty units, to Olympia Oaks, the apartment complex off Olympia Drive. […]

Head-on collision caused by loose cow in Sunderland injures 11 people and results in cow's death.

AMHERST — Five fires in recent days in Amherst and surrounding towns, blamed on careless disposal of smoking materials, is leading the Amherst Fire Department to issue a warning about proper ways to put out lit tobacco and marijuana products. A release from Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren issued Friday afternoon, hours after a cigarette caught […]

Pilot rescued after small plane crash in Quabbin Reservoir, New Salem. No other injuries reported.

AMHERST — Three Brandywine Apartments residents are displaced for the rest of the spring semester after a fire damaged their home, while 10 others who live at the North Amherst apartment complex are getting temporary housing after four other units were flooded in separate incidents early Saturday morning, according to the Amherst Fire Department. At […]

Community Legal Aid receives grant funding to help low-income and elderly residents seal their eviction cases, opening up housing opportunities.

A middle-aged man was transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with "moderate to severe" injuries Tuesday morning after he drove his Jeep off of Route 63 and into a tree at the Friday morning, Leverett Fire Chief Mike Visniewski said. Leverett and Shutesbury Fire Departments were dispatched to a single-car crash near 63 Long Plain Road at approximately 9:30 a.m. Friday. While the driver, who Visiewski said was also the Jeep's sole occupant, initially reported being entrapped, he was

SPRINGFIELD — A former Hadley woman who unleashed bees on Hampden County sheriff’s office workers in an attempt to prevent them from serving a court-ordered eviction notice in Longmeadow in 2022 was found guilty by a Hampden County jury Friday. Rebecca Rorie Woods was found guilty in Springfield District Court on four counts of assault […]

Quick response and mutual aid support extinguished brush fires along railroad tracks in Greenfield and Deerfield, preventing damage to buildings and vehicles.