Monson News

Planning is under way for the town of Monson's 250th birthday next year. Resident James M. Duggan, who is leading the 250th birthday planning committee with the help of Monson Free Library Director Hope Bodwell, said the first planning meeting was held last week, and the next will be held Nov.

Big gambling interests clashed with opponents on Thursday during a legislative hearing that launched a new campaign to open casinos in Palmer or other locations in the state.

The cards are still on the table for people on both sides of the casino issue. Supporters and opponents will have a chance to weigh-in during a public hearing at the State House.

There is a chance for some light snow in western Hampden County and southern Berkshire County Thursday night.

'KA-CHING'' IS on hold in Massachusetts. A vote on gambling legislation - originally expected before the end of 2009 - is unlikely to take place until 2010.

Andrew Richmond of Monson, won a $4,000 per year fellowship from the Springfield-based Horace Smith Fund to study literature at the University of Cambridge in England this fall.

Students in the town of Foxborough are taking a test and it's not your average exam.

Annie Rogers of Springfield uses the Internet at the main branch of the Springfield library system.

A Monson man is back in court for shooting his neighbor's dogs back in June 2008.

By LORI STABILE lstabile@repub.com PALMER - After nearly two days of jury selection, the trial for Erwin C. Markham III, the man who shot two rottweilers, killing one, began Tuesday in Palmer District Court.

A Wales man has died after an early morning motorcycle accident on Moulton Hill Road Monday after he lost control of the vehicle, according to police.

On Labor Day weekend, Simon Tucker, a black Labrador owned by Ware Junior Senior High School Principal Lucille L. Brindisi, went to Camp Unleashed at Chimney Corners in Becket.

A 45-year-old man is dead after crashing his motorcycle in Monson. Police say Joseph Keifer of Wales was traveling north on Moulton Hill Road when he entered a slight curve and lost control.

Tyler M. Bailey sits on the Yamaha motorized bike that was stolen last month from a used-car lot on Wilbraham Street, Palmer.

Monson and state police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash early Monday morning in the area of 62 Moulton Hill Road that killed a Wales man.

A motorcyclist was killed on Moulton Hill Road in Monson early Monday morning. A 911 caller alerted police to crash around 4:00 a.m. Police found the operator in the roadway.

According to a media release by the Monson Police Department, a motorcycle accident at about 4:00 a.m. on Moulton Hill Road resulted in one death.

A suspicious man in Monson has some residents feeling uneasy. The man is believed to be 50-years-old has been seen snapping pictures of people without their consent in many areas around the town.

Stafford Motor Speedway's all-time winningest Late Model driver has one less victory today.

I think a gaming bill will be before the Legislature this fall and will likely have enough votes to pass.