NORTHAMPTON — As Highview of Northampton moves to close by early February, resident Danica Ali asked the Department of Public Health to delay the end date to July.Some residents want to transition into housing instead of another nursing home and want more time to find...
A former Stoneham police officer and his brother, who owned an electrical contracting company, pleaded guilty to a bribery and kickback scheme that got them millions of dollars in contracts, federal authorities said. Joseph Ponzo, 51, of Stoneham, and Christopher Ponzo, 50, of North Reading,...
SPRINGFIELD – City officials are unveiling what they call a comprehensive program to help people on the street and to reduce panhandling, while also avoiding criminalizing mental illnesses and homelessness.There are three facets to the initiative involving the city’s police, housing, community development and public...
Six weeks after Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s arrest outside of the MGM Springfield casino on a drunken driving charge, he sat down with a TV station for an interview.“As the sheriff of Hampden County, but more importantly, as the person Nick Cocchi, there’s no...
The death of an incarcerated person at the Souza Baranowski Correction Center on Tuesday is under investigation, according to a state official.The investigation is being handled by the Mass. Department of Correction, according to the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.No details about...
Massachusetts' streak of warm temperatures will continue on Thursday, a day after Boston cleared 80 degrees — the first time this late in the calendar it got that warm in the Bay State’s largest city.Forecasters are projecting cooler temperatures on Thursday, with highs at or...
WESTFIELD - Now that the American Legion 124 has received the paperwork for a historic restriction on its building from the state that has been accepted by the City Council and signed by Mayor Michael McCabe, the funds awarded to repair the building from the...
A 16-year-old was extradited to Massachusetts on Wednesday to face murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager in Springfield last month, police said.The 16-year-old’s name was not released due to his age. Massachusetts law requires all teenagers older than 14 to...
BOSTON — The Warriors handed the Celtics their first home loss of the season on Wednesday night but they will be the first to tell you it comes with a bit of asterisk.“I know they’re missing JB and Porzingis, but felt like it was a...
It pains us to say that, yes, as Springfield residents, we live in this kind of city.Sadly, many people do, and not just in Springfield; the failure we are about to describe lies not with this great city’s residents, but with people who take murderous...
