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By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Two men were arrested Sunday afternoon after gunshots were fired as a result of “severe recklessness,” according to the Orange Police Department.
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – A Winchendon man arrested Wednesday and charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography and two counts of improper storage of a firearm has been released on bail.
ATHOL – A Franklin Superior Court Judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to serve 4 to 4 1⁄2 years in state prison in connection with the 2023 rape of a child in Athol, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
KEENE, N.H. — Two defendants were held without bail Wednesday afternoon on a variety of charges, including human trafficking, in connection with the death of Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old New Hampshire woman whose body was found in Warwick in October after she went missing weeks earlier.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
WARWICK — Police in Keene, New Hampshire, have arrested two individuals on a variety of charges, including human trafficking, in connection with the death of Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old New Hampshire woman whose body was found in Warwick in October after she went missing weeks earlier.
By DOMENIC POLI
Two area residents are among the roughly 1,500 people pardoned by President Donald Trump for their actions during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
By ZICHANG LIU
For decades, Massachusetts’s adoption procedures have been a catalyst for happy endings for families across the state, including out-of-state birth parents who just want their child to be smoothly transferred to a new, welcoming home.However, within...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
Changing Lives Though Literature, an alternative sentencing option that offers those on probation reduced sentences upon completion of a 10-week literature program, is inspiring many of its graduates to pursue higher education.The program aims to...
By SAM DRYSDALE
The state’s emergency assistance shelter system cannot insist that families provide third-party verification of certain information – like proof of their family ties or whether at least one of them is a Massachusetts resident – before immediately...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
ORANGE — Three women who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a fallen tree in Orange in August are suing a property owner for negligence, arguing that he neglected to remove the “decaying” tree.According to Orange Police Chief James Sullivan,...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — The Wendell man who was convicted five years ago of violently ending his girlfriend’s life in 2017 will not get the chance to have the alleged murder weapon tested for evidence, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled on...
By DOMENIC POLI
A new Franklin County clerk of courts will take the oath of office in January and barring some miraculous write-in campaign, that person will be Benjamin Simanski.The first assistant clerk magistrate for the past 11 years, Simanski is running...
By DOMENIC POLI
WORCESTER — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center’s executive director is being sued by a former co-worker, alleging she has lost out on consulting contracts because of damaging information spread by her ex-colleague.Maura Geary is the first...
GREENFIELD — Judge Jane Mulqueen set bail at $50,000 for an Orange man facing a dozen child rape charges in Franklin County Superior Court.Jakob Malcolm-O’Malley, 19, has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of rape of child in a case that has been...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — An Athol man was sentenced to five to seven years in prison on Thursday after changing his plea on eight charges related to child sexual abuse.Timothy M. Erikson, 47, appeared in Franklin County Superior Court to plead guilty to five...
Staff Report
WINCHENDON – Peter Baldini of Winchendon has been arraigned on charges related to an alleged assault with a knife and machete, according to Winchendon Police.In a statement issued on Monday, Sept. 30, police responded to the area of 17 Brooks Road...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – Treasurer/Collector Paul Redmond has been fired following an investigation into the alleged theft of funds from Town Hall.According to an announcement posted to the town website, officials were made aware of the alleged theft on Sept....
By GREG VINE
ATHOL – A complete resurfacing of the three Silver Lake pickleball courts is set to begin next Monday.According to the website Pickleheads, the number of pickleball players in the U.S. tops 36.5 million people.A good many of those players live in and...
By MAX BOWEN
GREENFIELD — After receiving rave reviews during public hearings, Alexandra Flanders of Greenfield has been appointed by the state’s Governor’s Council as an associate justice of Probate and Family Court.Wednesday’s appointment, which followed a...
By MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — A Needham man was sentenced to nine months in jail on Monday after pleading guilty to a charge of vehicular homicide by negligent operation in connection with a crash that killed an Athol woman on Route 2 in Gill last year.Benoit Marande,...
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