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There will be 25 new police officers joining the Springfield Police Department and most of the new officers will be women.
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Beyond Mobility is a Massachusetts Department of Transportation document the state and agencies will use for the next 25 years to build-out and maintain the transportation infrastructure in Massachusetts.
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Law enforcement officials say bullets have shattered the glass doors of two separate homes in Belchertown over the last nine months.
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The MWRA board is undertaking a preliminary study to direct water from the Quabbin Reservoir — which provides Boston and other eastern Massachusetts communities with drinking water — to the western Mass. towns that surround and protect the reservoir.
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Western Massachusetts runners are prepped and ready to go for the 26.2 mile race on Patriot's Day.
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A comingling of operational and government funds flagged auditors to a misuse issue for the Springfield, Massachusetts, nonprofit. Now they need to pay back the government.
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A supplemental spending package could ship hundreds of millions of dollars to shore up the shelter system, but Massachusetts House and Senate Democrats disagree about how much the state should rely on a savings account as part of the solution.
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State Police in Massachusetts have begun implementing a program to improve interactions with people on the autism spectrum, building upon legislation that won Senate approval in January and remains before a House committee.
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A new GBH News/Commonwealth Beacon poll of Massachusetts residents has President Joe Biden with a comfortable lead in his reelection bid. But may of those surveyed are concerned about tensions in politics — and possible election violence.
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Lawrence Akers has been sworn in as Springfield's new police superintendent, becoming the city's first Black top cop.
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Many western Massachusetts schools are finalizing their budgets and facing possible cuts of teachers, support staff.
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Jasmine Kerrissey, the director of the Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said that it is all pointing to a possible reversal of the downward trend of union membership in the country.
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Merriam-Webster is poised to have greater influence over language decisions made by news reporters and editors across the country.
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The city of Springfield on Monday launched a campaign highlighting mental health resources available to first responders.