Chicopee News

A bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 or older to pass cognitive and physical exams every time they renew their licenses has stalled on Beacon Hill, and now a key lawmaker says the bill should eliminate age-based tests.

A Chicopee, MA man was arrested and charged today in federal court with possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine.

Federal officials on Tuesday charged a 31-year-old Chicopee man with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute after agents found a package containing nearly a kilo of the drug during a search of his apartment at 112 Elcon Drive, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston.

Two young men are being held on multiple charges stemming from 12 break-ins in three sections of the city as police continue to search for other suspects.

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Marion Szlachta, of Chicopee, appears in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield Friday.

Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette told about 200 senior citizens Monday that the best site - so far - for a new senior center is the city-owned Baskin property near the former Uniroyal site on Oak Street.

Fifty-seven-year-old Marion Szlachta told police he was filled with rage at the world over his inability to find work and losing his apartment on the day he is accused of beating a man to death with a baseball bat.

MA BASE ECONOMIC IMPACT CHICOPEE, Mass. - The Air Force says Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee pumped about $231 million into the area's economy in the past year.

The screw-ups just keep on coming for the Patrick administration. One day after the double whammy of stories that suggest the administration seems to favor the Patriots over the homeless we are treated to a Globe story that shows the one thing the state's overburdened transportation doesn't seem to be lacking is highly paid bureaucrats .

In Chicopee, veterans were honored during a ceremony at Doverbrook Estates. Several veterans, Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonnette, and Colonel Bob Swain, the Commander at Westover Air Force Reserve Base, all spoke at the event.

A 97 year old parishioner pleads with Bishop Timothy McDonnell not to close her Chicopee Church.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield announced this weekend it will change its plans in Northampton and keep Sacred Heart Church open and instead close St.

A Bridgeport, Conn., man pleaded guilty to committing multiple bank robberies over two years, including a heist in Chicopee and an attempt in Holyoke in 2008.

Firefighters were called out to a house fire at a residence at 6 Forest St. just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Chicopee firefighters Thursday night extinguished a fire on an enclosed roof of an apartment building at 8 Forest St.

Nine people were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after a two-car crash in Chicopee.

Law enforcement officials say a series of raids on western Massachusetts massage parlors has resulted in prositution and immigration charges against owners and employees.

Ludlow Police is stepping up patrols downtown and in neighboring residential areas.

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