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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The Supreme Court decision Thursday banning the use of affirmative action in college admissions drew condemnation from education leaders, politicians, and others across the Pioneer Valley and state.In statement after statement released shortly after...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The 38th chief justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court visited the Franklin County Justice Center on Tuesday as part of a larger tour of Massachusetts courthouses to make herself more visible and meet with local officials.Kimberly S....

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Four of the men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop officially started their prison sentences Tuesday morning.Brothers Daniel Rice Jr., 40, and Brandon Rice, 37, as well as...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A New Hampshire man is being held on $3,000 bail after authorities say he was stopped in Bernardston while wearing a tactical vest and in possession of firearms and knives while impersonating a police officer in a decommissioned...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BELCHERTOWN — Tomasz Gorny, 43, pleaded not guilty in Eastern Hampshire District Court on Friday to charges of larceny over $1,200 after allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from the church where he was a priest. According to the Northwestern...

By DOMENIC POLI

Memories come flooding back to retired Judge David Ross as he strolls the halls, offices and rooms at Orange District Court. Following 24 years on the bench, the Amherst resident hung up his black robe for good on April 28.But the stories he...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man found guilty last week of four child sexual abuse charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of a...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — An independent journalist is suing Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan’s office under the state public records law for withholding names of police officers accused of crimes and other misconduct.Andrew Quemere, author of “The...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man was found guilty of four child sexual abuse charges last week and is due for sentencing on Wednesday.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Two men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop changed their pleas in Franklin County Superior Court on Thursday.David Gallegos, 30, of Deerfield, admitted the prosecution has...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Opposing attorneys and a Franklin County Superior Court judge convened Tuesday afternoon to work toward determining the fate of a Gill man who was deemed not competent to stand trial for allegedly shooting at another man and that man’s...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A mid-level operative in the cocaine trafficking syndicate that operated, in part, out of a Greenfield barbershop was granted a stay to his sentence so he can train the employees who will take over for him at his Turners Falls...

By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday gave a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman a new chance to recoup some money after the county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill.The justices ruled that...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield woman was sentenced on Tuesday to three to five years in state prison for abusing her baby in 2021 and causing injuries that included bite marks, as well as jaw and skull fractures. Alexis C. McClure, 25, pleaded guilty in...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The case of the former Buckland Police chief facing three identical sexual assault charges has been continued without a finding until next year after the defendant admitted the prosecution has sufficient facts to prove his guilt.James T....

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GREENFIELD — The final of six North Quabbin residents facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident was arraigned in Franklin County Superior Court this week after his case was transferred from Orange District...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A man facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from a Feb. 1 incident was arraigned Friday afternoon in Franklin County Superior Court, where his case was transferred due to its severity.Brian A. Chamberland, 38, of Athol,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A man whose defense attorney said was “at the very bottom of (the) totem pole” in a busted cocaine trafficking syndicate changed his plea Friday afternoon, but his case will be continued without a finding for one year.Damien D. Johnson,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Two men connected to the Greenfield barbershop that served as part of a cocaine trafficking syndicate are each expected to serve three to five years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges this week.Nathan M. Ortiz, 40, and David...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The owner of Elev8 Cannabis in Athol will remain at Bridgewater State Hospital for the time being, after a doctor deemed him incompetent to stand trial.Seun Adedeji, 29, appeared in Orange District Court on Tuesday, when Judge Laurie MacLeod...