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SPRINGFIELD — Both western Massachusetts representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives have held powerful posts for the past four years, overseeing the chief tax-writing committee and the committee that determines the rules by which bills come...

Monte’s March is about to become a teenager.The brainchild of radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte, the event started as one guy pushing a shopping cart to raise $5,000 to fight hunger and has morphed into a regional staple aiming to...

Monte’s March is about to become a teenager.The brainchild of radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte, the event started as one guy pushing a shopping cart to raise $5,000 to fight hunger and has morphed into a regional staple aiming to...

SPRINGFIELD — A new executive director who brings experience in promoting affordable housing and providing service animals to those with mobility challenges has been named to lead the Dakin Humane Society.Megan Talbert of Auburn, most recently the...

SPRINGFIELD — Pioneer Valley Transit Authority bus facilities in Amherst on the University of Massachusetts campus and on Cottage Street in Springfield are in line for millions of dollars in improvements that will allow for the ongoing conversion to...

SPRINGFIELD — A new executive director who brings experience in promoting affordable housing and providing service animals to those with mobility challenges has been named to lead the Dakin Humane Society.Megan Talbert of Auburn, most recently the...

SPRINGFIELD — A Hampden County Superior Court judge is poised to decide whether a reporter for The Berkshire Eagle must provide information the newspaper says would violate a promise of confidentiality to an anonymous source.That information is needed...

NORTHAMPTON — An employee of the Edward P. Boland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds was arrested on Thursday and is being charged with uploading and downloading child pornography via the facility’s free public Wi-Fi.Kevin Divoll, 51, of...

SPRINGFIELD — Dakin Humane Society is running an “Adopt One/Get One Free” promotion for select kittens and cats after a Franklin County animal lover’s good intentions to care for vulnerable and stray felines resulted in a horde of at least 75 when...

SPRINGFIELD — Chris Doughty, one of two candidates for governor running in the Republican primary on Sept. 6, pitched a western Massachusetts message on Monday centering on job creation and lowering the cost of living for families.During an afternoon...