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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The required 12 jurors have been selected for the trial of a Vermont man accused of causing a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to a Rhode Island family of four in 2023, with witness testimony expected to begin Wednesday.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Turners Falls man accused of breaking a Montague police officer’s fibula during his arrest pleaded not guilty to five charges this week.Brenden C. Jacobs, 34, was arraigned in Greenfield District Court on Thursday, when he answered to...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — A Vermont woman believed to be under the influence of drugs is facing six charges after allegedly slamming into a sign at the Interstate 91 southbound on-ramp and continuing to the South Merrifield Road area on New Year’s Eve.Sara Grace,...

By ZICHANG LIU

For decades, Massachusetts’ 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 CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — After more than three years in Land Court, a judge has ruled in favor of Deerfield in the case of whether the entirety of Steam Mill Road is a public way.The town and the Billings family have been entangled in the lawsuit over the status...

By AMALIA WOMPA

WENDELL — A local actor, director and writer hopes to capture the mysteries of life with his new book of poetry.Court Dorsey, 74, was born in Rome, New York, before living most of his young life in the suburbs of Chicago. Now a Wendell resident,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

BOSTON — Three Massachusetts Appeals Court judges heard oral arguments on Wednesday after former Greenfield Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. and the city challenged a 2022 Hampshire County Superior Court ruling that found he and the Police Department...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — 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...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the 42-year-old man from Greenfield who is accused of killing 35-year-old Christopher Hairston, of Pittsfield, in April, was held without bail after pleading not guilty to murder and eight other charges in...

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 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 Tuesday.Lewis H....

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — 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...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Superior Court Associate Justice Francis E. “Frank” Flannery, appointed to the bench in 2018 after a more than 20-year career that included serving as assistant district attorney in the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, died over...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Judge Tina Cafaro set bail at $1,000 for the man accused of driving off after allegedly hitting two women with his vehicle and fleeing the scene on Country Club Road on Friday.Greenfield Police arrested Vladimir Sinigur, 55, of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Vermont man accused of causing a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to a Rhode Island family of four last year had his $10,000 bail revoked on Thursday after testing positive for cocaine.Javery A. Hattat will...

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A Turners Falls man facing charges in connection with firing a BB/pellet gun at people and property in Buckland earlier this year was one of two people arrested in Rhode Island on Saturday for the alleged sexual assault of two...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the city man accused of murdering Christopher Hairston of Pittsfield earlier this year, has been indicted on a charge of murder by a grand jury and will be arraigned in Franklin County Superior Court on Oct. 21,...