Ludlow News

LUDLOW - The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday gave approval to Thomas Haluch for a five-year permit to remove gravel from the Ludlow Fish and Game Club on Sportsmans Road.

LUDLOW - The eastbound rest plaza on the Massachusetts Turnpike was evacuated for about two hours Tuesday afternoon after someone found an unattended suitcase by the front door, said a spokesman with the Massachusetts State Police.

LUDLOW - Police were asking for tips in the investigation of an armed robbery that took place late Sunday night at Brookside Cafe on Fuller Street.

SPRINGFIELD - The Hampden Charter School of Science celebrated its first graduation since opening its doors in 2009.

WILBRAHAM - An investigation into multiple break-ins at a Boston Road condominium complex has resulted in the arrest of a 21-year-old Ludlow man, according to Wilbraham Police Sgt.

Wayne M. Williams, Westover Air Reserve Base civil engineer, discusses a zone map of the base and surrounding areas marking off safety and noise issues at public hearing in Chicopee Wednesday.

Michael Alves, of Ludlow, developed an unusual interest in psychology at an early age.

LUDLOW - The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted 3 to 2 to permit Harvest Bible Chapel to post signs advertising a planned free movie night June 29 at Whitney Park.

LUDLOW - A man who Tuesday night led state, Wilbraham and Ludlow police on a chase through three towns before jumping from his moving car was taken into custody when a woman told police he was hiding in her mobile home trailer off Miller Street, police said.

Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonnette, left, and State Rep. Harold P. Naughton Jr., chairman of the Joint Committee of Public Safety and Homeland Security listen during a gun violence tour stop at the Chicopee Public Library on Friday.

Five men, accepted into the diaconate program of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in 2009, will be ordained permanent deacons in today at 11 a.m. at St.

Belchertown: Services at Quabbin Park Cemetery. Visitors should begin gathering at 10:30 a.m. for 11 a.m. ceremony.