| Massachusetts News |
Funeral homes facing problem of abandoned ashes
Someone loved the people once, enough to have their bodies cremated - then promptly forgot or decided they didn't want them.
|
Cottage Grove viewers help police nab 'America's Most Wanted' suspect
A man featured on "America's Most Wanted" for allegedly breaking into the home of a former Massachusetts school teacher and attacking her has been arrested after he was spotted at an Oregon grocery store.
|
Joe Lieberman: Democratic Vice Presidential Prick
Great AP typo : The typo, in an article on the upcoming vice presidential picks due from McCain and Barack Obama and written by one of the top AP political scribes, Nedra Pickler, was soon corrected but can ...
|
Maine crash defendant's assets questioned
The assets of a Massachusetts man who faces a criminal trial and civil lawsuits arising from a 2007 boat crash on a Maine lake that killed two people are being closely watched by the victims' families.
|
Mass. lawyer found guilty of possessing 6 valuable stolen paintings
A retired Massachusetts lawyer has been found guilty of possessing six valuable paintings that had been stolen from a home in 1978.
|
Eastern equine encephalitis found in Mass.
For the first time this summer, mosquitoes carrying eastern equine encephalitis have been discovered in Massachusetts, state public health authorities announced this afternoon.
|
Washington Prowler: Detectable Shifts
Last week, in the aftermath of Sen. John McCain's remarks that he might consider a pro-abortion vice presidential nominee for the bottom of his ticket, the Republican nominee's campaign polled identified ...
|
Judge dismisses 1 charge in Mass. art theft trial
A federal judge has dismissed one of two charges against a retired Massachusetts lawyer accused of trying to sell seven paintings he knew were stolen.
|
Leisure, hospitality join in Mass. job cuts
Aug. 15--The state's economy is showing more signs of developing cracks on the job front.
|
CCC workers celebrate contributions 75 years later
"My father was out of work so I was eligible. I was single and I was out of school and all, and unemployed," said Mattern, now 93.
|
Housing Market Showing Improvement
The United States is still suffering the worst housing market downturn since the Great Depression, but a slew of factors suggest the worst may soon be over.
|
Western Massachusetts Republicans look ahead
Although skies were overcast and rain began plinking on the tin roof of the Elks Club picnic pavilion, area Republicans looked ahead to sunnier tomorrows.
|
Same-sex marriage debate not over
The latest twist in the same-sex marriage fight in Massachusetts is a ballot proposal preventing the unions if they wouldn't be recognized in the couple's home state.
|
Massachusetts Legislation Addresses Primary Care Workforce Issues
Massachusetts has enacted a sweeping health care measure designed to strengthen the state's primary care infrastructure by addressing primary care workforce shortages while bolstering an existing health care ...
|
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
Hunger never takes a vacation! 22News and Marcotte Ford of Holyoke invite you to donate non-perishable food items to the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.
|
Gay marriage opponents seek to reverse new law
The gay marriage fight in Massachusetts might not be over after all. Opponents of same-sex marriages are seeking a ballot question that would prevent gay and lesbian couples from getting married here if their ...
|
Small Plane Nose-Dives Into Parking Lot, Multiple Fatalities
A single-engine plane crashed into a Massachusetts shopping center parking lot Tuesday causing multiple fatalities, fire officials said.
|
Copy Massachusetts' Health Insurance Reform?
Citing the failure of seven state-based health reforms over the past two decades - ' initiatives that bear a strong resemblance to the Massachusetts health reform of 2006 - ' a group of Massachusetts-based ...
|
Editorial: City, towns should follow state's lead on police details
Finally, Massachusetts is joining the 49 other states in allowing the use of civilian flagmen to direct traffic around some construction sites.
|
Stupak predicts Romney will be the pick: He also says Obama will have a tough time in the UP
Congressman Bart Stupak today predicted that John McCain will choose former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to be his running mate.
|