Longmeadow massage parlor owner pleads innocent to prostitution-related charge

MassLive.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.

Police raid 2 Hadley massage parlors reportedly associated with others in Chicopee, Springfield

MassLive.com - Wed Nov 04

State and local police raided two Russell Street massage parlors Wednesday afternoon, arresting at least three people from the sites.

Listen to Northampton Mayor Clare Higgins's victory speech at the Paradise City Tavern

Daily Hampshire Gazette - Wed Nov 04

Easthampton Mayor Michael Tautznik and Northampton Mayor Clare Higgins were returned to office Tuesday night by voters in their respective cities.

Meals on wheels for pets

WWLP - Tue Nov 03

Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society is launching a Meals on Wheels program, for pets! As part of its goal to prevent animal homelessness, the Humane Society's teaming up with the Highland Elder Services program which delivers meals on wheels in Hampshire County.

More families applying for fuel aid

The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts - Mon Nov 02

Last year, Community Action took applications for fuel assistance from 9,049 households in Franklin and Hampshire counties, an increase of 28 percent from 2008.

Watch The Story

CBS 3 - Mon Nov 02

A Florence man was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a car in Hampshire County.

State backs off push for merging of small schools

Amherst Bulletin - Thu Oct 29

Choose your own path to school regionalization, or we'll choose it for you. That was the message from the state over the past couple of years, and it was enough to keep small Hampshire County schools scrambling.

When impending winter means preparing to get people in from the cold

Daily Hampshire Gazette - Mon Oct 26

David Ingraham get blankets for the beds at the cold-weather shelter which opens for the season Sunday.

Federal government to help urban areas with public transportation,...

MassLive.com - Mon Oct 26

HAP Housing excutive director Peter A.Gagliardi and keynote speaker Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution, answer questions for reporters prior to a forum on housing at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke Monday.

Detainees to be relocated to Amherst?

WWLP - Thu Oct 22

Two Guantanamo Bay detainees may be relocated to the Hampshire County town of Amherst.