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ERVING — With the Selectboard showing its support this week, the Police Department plans to look internally to revive its K-9 program.Police Chief Robert Holst, who ran the K-9 program between 2012 and 2014, said he has wanted to revive the program...

ERVING — A car’s “slow-speed collision” with the Weatherheads Convenience Store on the French King Highway on Monday resulted in minor damage to the storefront, according to Erving Police Chief Robert Holst.Erving Police and Fire departments responded...

ERVING — After the cancellation of a new cruiser ordered to replace one totaled in an accident, Erving is instead getting the county’s first fully-electric police vehicle.Last week, the Selectboard declared a 2019 Dodge Charger as surplus property and...

ERVING — In the wake of controversial police budget cuts in Greenfield, 24-year Greenfield Police Officer Laura Gordon has been appointed to join the Erving force as a full-time patrol officer.Gordon, who completed her last day with Greenfield Police...

The French King Bridge safety barrier construction process began on Friday, marking an important milestone in what, to many, has been a long-overdue process.The project to install safety barriers at the bridge, which has garnered a reputation as a...

ERVING — Clinician Leeanne Hadsel began her duty serving alongside local police departments last week, marking what she called a “cultural” next step forward in providing mental health services to those in crisis.Motivated by a regional history of...

MILLERS FALLS — The body of 51-year-old Eric Bouley, who was reported missing in Erving earlier this week, was found in Millers Falls Wednesday afternoon.Bouley’s body was found on a riverbank near the Millers River at approximately 1 p.m., according...

Authorities were searching the Connecticut River Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of a person having jumped off the French King Bridge, though ice jams and heavy water flow prohibited the use of boats or divers.Northfield Fire Chief Floyd “Skip”...

ERVING — The Erving Police Department is fielding interest from several surrounding departments for potential collaboration under the Massachusetts Jail/Arrest Diversion Grant Program, through which they would share a co-response mental health...

ERVING — A male pedestrian on Route 2 was struck by a vehicle and airlifted to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield on Tuesday evening.Erving Police Chief Robert Holst and Erving Fire Chief Philip Wonkka declined to provide identifying information...