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CORBIN - After having discussed and approved the first reading of Ordinance 2021-3 during previous meetings, the Corbin City Commission ultimately voted “no” on the second reading of the ordinance

A  New York entrepreneur with Berkshire County ties has launched a new sparkling wine canned cocktail called Champé. Champé Handcrafted Berkshire Bubbly, the brainchild of DJ DiBuono of Troy, NY, is the latest canned cocktail to hit the market, but this one is made right here in The Berkshires. DiBuono, who has family ties to The Berkshires, reached out to local winery Hilltop Orchards amidst the pandemic. He was looking for a partner to produce and can his product, and it seemed to be a g...

Massachusetts State Lottery winners: April winners plan to put prize money toward buying a house Posted May 05, 2021 What would you do if you won the lottery? It might sound like just a silly question to dream over but it was the reality for a number of Massachusetts residents last month. The Massachusetts State Lottery announced 10 winners from April. One winner plans on paying off his grandmother’s mortgage. Others are putting the money toward a house or car. See below for all the winners ...

COURTESY OF EASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT The following are excerpts from the Easton Police log for Monday, April 19 to Sunday, April 25. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law. Monday, April 19 2:13 a.m.: Suspicious activity was reported at Roche Bros Plaza on Roche Bros Way.  3:36 a.m.: Suspicious activity was reported on Eastman Street.  7:25 a.m.: Suspicious activity was reported on Turnpike Street.  9 a.m.: A...

Massachusetts State Lottery: Three Mass Cash tickets won $100,000 Wednesday night; sold in Groton, Middleboro and Florence Updated Apr 01, 2021; There were three Mass Cash winners Wednesday night from across the state. The first ticket was sold at Craven’s Package Store in Groton, located at 777 Boston Road. The second ticket was sold at Circle K in Middleboro, located at 47 Harding St. The final ticket was sold at Bird’s Store in Florence, located at 94 Maple St. Each of the tickets were ...

The City of Fairfield has announced the boil order that had been issued for the area of Highway 15 East has been LIFTED. Residents no longer have to boil water to be used for human consumption. 45-year-old Scotty D. Yarbor and 23-year-old Ronald L. Clark, Jr., were sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court yesterday. Yarbor pleaded guilty to a count of aggravated domestic battery and was sentenced to four years in prison. Clark pleaded guilty to a count of failure to register as a sex offender an...

The Marthas Vineyard Times 1 of 4 Ed Ben David on Lucy Vincent Beach, one of his favorite spots on the Island. — Courtesy Lana BenDavid Ed BenDavid celebrates his birthday with his usual sense of fun. — Courtesy Lana BenDavid Army veterans and Marthas Vineyard residents, from left to, Clarence Bannister, Jo Ann Murphy, and Edward Ben David, after receiving their initial dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Hyannis VA Clinic on Jan. 13. Since Feb. 18, residents aged 65 and...

Then and Now: Sunrise Donuts and other Gardner bakeries of the past Taking a look back at the local businesses that had baked-in success Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News It was a smell that permeated the air and was so recognizable in Gardner way back when. Freshly baked bread, doughnuts, turnovers, muffins, Bismarck’s, crullers, brownies and every other conceivable type of baked goods were turned out of some of Gardner’s best-known bakeries. One of the most popular among them was ...

French Canadians left an indelible mark on the business district around Lafayette Square Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News While the businesses in the cluster at 110-134 Parker St. were never part of a named block, there were many stores and shops that flourished in the area over the years. The structure at 110-118 Parker St. was built in 1900 and located just to the right of Robillard’s Pharmacy approaching Lafayette Square. This section of Gardner, near Nichols and Parker streets, w...

By REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN 642 These are just a few of the many people from Northwest Connecticut who died in 2020 from complications of COVID-19. Andre Ferguson, the executive chef at the Courtyard by Marriott Waterbury Downtown, died at age 49 from COVID-19. Photo contributed by Marriott Andre Ferguson, executive chef at the Courtyard by Marriott in Waterbury, died April 3 from COVID-19 at age 49. Ferguson worked at the hotel when it was a Holiday Inn during the 1980s and ’90s. After spending t...