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By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - Many physicians in Massachusetts are ordering unnecessary and costly tests, procedures, referrals and prescriptions out of fear of lawsuits, a new survey reports.

A city patrolman took the witness stand Tuesday in his own defense in Hampden Superior Court, where he has been standing trial for fraud and attempted larceny linked to back pay he sought after an off-duty car ...

By STEPHANIE BARRY sbarry@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - A physician's assistant told a jury Monday he signed a stack of blank disability forms for a Springfield police officer on trial for allegedly attempting to ...

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - A Springfield landlord, charged with paying a 15-year-old boy to set fire to one of his properties on Tyler Street last August, pleaded innocent Monday in ...

Richard DeBonis, 413-452-5118 SVP rdebonis@hampdenbank.com Hampden Bank announced plans today to open its ninth full-service branch office, and the second office to be located in Longmeadow.

By PETER GOONAN pgoonan@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - State Rep. Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield, who has owed the city nearly $34,000 in delinquent taxes and interest, began paying off the debt Wednesday with an agreed ...

A day after voters approved a ballot question decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, top law enforcement officials were scrambling to figure out what they needed to do to put the law into ...

By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - A day after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to decriminalize marijuana, Hampden District Attorney William M. Bennett said Wednesday that he will drop all ...

Brian Ashe, candidate for 2nd Hampden District State Rep. and his wife Sonja M. Ashe, celebrate with their children and their friends at Fazio's Ristorante and Pizzeria in East Longmeadow on Tuesday, November ...

Hampden County District Attorney William Bennett said yesterday he hasn't been able to find any law that would authorize a young child to possess or fire a machine gun.

By STEPHANIE BARRY sbarry@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - A former prosecutor has accused Hampden District Attorney William M. Bennett of punishing him for criticizing the handling of an interoffice sexual harassment ...

There will be at least one new face from Western Masschusetts on Beacon Hill next year.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com WESTFIELD - A criminal investigation is under way in connection with the death of 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj, who accidentally shot himself with a machine gun during a ...

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com WESTFIELD - A criminal investigation is underway in connection with the accidental, self-inflicted shooting death of an 8-year-old boy during a firearms expo Sunday, Hampden ...

Police investigating the death of an 8-year-old Connecticut boy at a Westfield gun club say it is legal in Massachusetts for children to fire a weapon -- as long as they have permission from a parent or legal ...

In Hampden, a 20-year-old man was stabbed during a disturbance on Rock-A-Dundee Road shortly after 7 o'clock Wednesday night.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com HAMPDEN - An altercation on Rock-A-Dundee Road Wednesday night sent a 20-year-old man to a hospital with stab wounds.

George J. Vazquez is seen in this 2004 photo when he first ran for the 10th Hampden District state representative seat.

Some of the region's top law enforcement officials are expected to gather on the steps of Pittsfield City Hall today at 11 a.m. to declare their opposition to softening marijuana penalties.

More : Click here to see the town-by-town breakdown. By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - Matching state money for 56 communities that have approved a law for saving open space has been cut by about 32 percent, ...