WWLP - Fri Nov 06
It's your money -- and your safety -- and 22News is watching it. The economic recession coupled with lower than expected tax collections have forced Governor Deval Patrick to make massive cuts to the state budget.
Authorities think 8 massage parlors raided in Hampden, Hampshire...MassLive.com - Thu Nov 05
Xiuli Li, of Springfield, right, is lead away by a Hampden County Court officer following her arraignment in Springfield District Court Thursday on prostitution-related charges.
Sex trade arrests stun Hadley; neighbors react to raid on 'massage' businessesDaily Hampshire Gazette - Thu Nov 05
Al Valenta, a tattoo artist at Loonar Tattoo in Hadley, and owner Amity Perman talk Thursday about Wednesday's police raids on two nearby massage businesses.
Longmeadow massage parlor owner pleads innocent to prostitution-related chargeMassLive.com - Thu Nov 05
The owner of a Longmeadow massage parlor pleaded innocent Thursday in District Court to knowingly allowing the business to be used for prostitution.
Despite historic ballot, Springfield voter turnout lowest among 8...MassLive.com - Wed Nov 04
The long fight to return ward representation to city government in Springfield reached a major moment Tuesday night, with eight ward councilors elected to join five at-large councilors in January in the new 13-member City Council.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County gets $240,000 grant to help children of prisonersMassLive.com - Wed Nov 04
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County has been awarded a $240,000 federal grant to expand its work with the children of incarcerated parents.
the Election in PicturesWHYN-AM Springfield - Wed Nov 04
MAKES IT THIS TIME TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR OF HOLYOKE. SHE ACCEPTED THE CONCESSION OF BUSINESSMAN DANIEL BOYLE WHO WAS WARMLY RECEIVED BY PLUTA SUPPORTERS WHEN HE ADDRESSED THEM AT THE WHEREHOUSE.
Richard Cohen credits experience for victory over Derek Benton in Agawam mayor's raceMassLive.com - Tue Nov 03
Richard A. Cohen greets his supporters at The Oaks as supporter Shane R. Hope of Agawam gives out a yell in the backround after the results for Agawam mayor were announced Tuesday night AGAWAM - As he stood in the foyer of the Oaks on Suffield Street and greeted well-wishers, Richard A. Cohen, the city's mayor-elect, credited his political ...
Heated mayoral battle draws Agawam voters; races in Westfield, West SpringfieldMassLive.com - Tue Nov 03
Westfield voter Kenneth S. Andwood, standing, checks in Tuesday morning at Munger Hill Elementary School with election workers Florence A. White, left, and Suzanne Adams, right, while Warden Judith A. Matyseck stands by.
Political observers say winners of Western Mass. elections to face...MassLive.com - Tue Nov 03
Burdened with a terrible state fiscal crisis and deep cuts in local aid, the winners of today's mayoral elections in Western Massachusetts will be dealing with some of the worst fiscal conditions in decades, observers said on Monday.
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