Belchertown News

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. There is an alarming statistic among our children and it means schools have to take extra precautions to keep them safe in the classroom and in the cafeteria.

With the holiday shopping season upon us, this is where I shamelessly promote biker-friendly businesses to give you ideas on what to get the biker in your life for gifts.

State Rep. Todd M. Smola told the crowd at the Veterans Day ceremony at Bondsville Grammar Park on Wednesday about a teacher from Little Rock, Ark., who taught her students a lesson about veterans.

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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.

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.

A University of Massachusetts freshman struck by a vehicle while crossing Commonwealth Avenue Monday night was brought to the hospital with what police described as non life-threatening injuries.

Three state troopers have been recognized with the State Police Medal of Merit for their roles in the investigation of an arson that destroyed the Macedonia Church of God in Christ a year ago.

The family of Misty C. Bassi, who was killed as she rode her bicycle on University Drive in Amherst in May, told a judge Thursday they do not want the woman whose car struck Bassi to be incarcerated.

An internal military report says that C-5 cargo planes like the one that shed two wheels while airborne over western Massachusetts earlier this year have experienced similar problems.

A 26-year-old Belchertown man is facing charges stemming from an alleged Sunday afternoon home invasion in the Townehouse of Amherst apartments, according to police.

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. - State and military officials are looking for bombs that were dropped in the Quabbin Reservoir and the surrounding land around World War II, but say they pose no danger.

It was a march across America on Sunday as hundreds of thousands pounded the pavement to stamp out hunger.

The Belchertown Land Trust plans to seek an extension to its Nov. 30 deadline for devising a plan to either repair the Upper Bondsville Dam or take it down.

Porter and Chester Institute career program specialist in admissions Rosa M. Alves, left, talks with Choyce M. McIntosh and Brian A. Danish, both of Chicopee, at the Best Local Job Fair at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Holyoke on Thursday.

A hate message appears at a golf course near Boston as President Barack Obama confirms plans to visit the city at the end of the month.

The Belchertown Land Trust will meet in a closed, private session Wednesday night to discuss options for dealing with the Upper Bondsville Dam, which the organization owns.

It's hard to believe a year has passed since The Black Moon Lounge opened its doors in Belchertown.

A Palmer man, currently held in jail on other charges, has confessed to the armed robbery of the Ye Olde Grog Shoppe last month, police said.

Residents of a Hadley neighborhood rushed to help two elderly Belchertown men involved in a serious car accident.