Sarah Betancourt, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

CORRECTS TO EMANUEL, NOT EMMANUEL - Emanuel Lopes is seated during his arraignment, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in district court in Quincy, Mass. Lopes is suspected of killing a Massachusetts police officer and an innocent bystander on Sunday in Weymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Quincy Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

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Suspect in officer slaying pleads not guilty

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressJuly 18, 2018

BOSTON — A man accused of killing a Massachusetts police officer with the officer’s own weapon as well as an innocent bystander pleaded not guilty Tuesday.Twenty-year-old Emanuel Lopes was arraigned on charges including two counts of first-degree…

This Dec. 10, 2012 photo shows Weymouth Police Officer Michael C. Chesna in Weymouth, Mass. Chesna died Sunday, July 15, 2018, from wounds sustained when a suspect allegedly took the officer’s gun and fired following a vehicle crash and a foot chase. (Gary Higgins/The Quincy Patriot Ledger via AP)

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Slain officer, woman remembered during Weymouth vigil

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressJuly 16, 2018

This Dec. 10, 2012 photo shows Weymouth Police Officer Michael C. Chesna in Weymouth, Mass. Chesna died Sunday, July 15, 2018, from wounds sustained when a suspect allegedly took the officer’s gun and fired following a vehicle crash and a foot chase.

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Man accused of killing Weymouth officer to be arraigned at later date

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressJuly 16, 2018

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Weymouth officer, bystander shot, killed; suspect held

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressJuly 15, 2018

Students and community activists march at Northeastern University, Wednesday, in Boston demanding the school cancel a multimillion-dollar research contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Protesters target Northeastern over $2.7M ICE contract

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressJuly 12, 2018

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, 15-year-old Alanis Rodriguez, left, of Canovanos, Puerto Rico, and 14-year-old Bethel Sanchez, right, of Isabela, Puerto Rico, spend time together in a hotel lobby in Dedham, Mass. where they have lived temporarily after Hurricane Maria hit the island in September. A hearing is planned Monday, July 2, 2018, in Springfield, Mass., on a federal judge's restraining order temporarily blocking the evictions of nearly 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane...

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Hurricane evacuees await judge’s order

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressJuly 2, 2018

Jesenia Flores, 19, holds her son Jose, both of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, while watching her mother-in-law Luisa Mercedes, center left, play dominos with Ivan Lopez, 14, second from right, Eric Lanzo, 13, right, and Carlos Delgado, 17, bottom left, all of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, at a hotel, in Dedham, Feb. 27.

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Housing extended for 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees

by Sarah Betancourt Associated Press, and Kelli Kennedy Associated PressJuly 2, 2018

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Officials to track state police cruisers using GPS

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressMay 2, 2018

The father of Lingzi Lu, Jun Lu, foreground left, and her aunt Helen Zhao, foreground right, carry a wreath ahead of the family of Martin Richard, background from left, Henry, Bill, Denise and Jane, partially hidden, during a ceremony at the site where Martin Richard and Lingzi Lu were killed in the second explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon, Sunday, April 15, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston marks 5 years since marathon attack with tributes

by Vaishnavee Sharma Associated Press, and Sarah Betancourt Associated PressApril 15, 2018

The Rev. Jose Rodriguez, of the Waltham Worship Christian Center, speaks Wednesday at the start of a 40-day period of fasting to bring attention to immigration issues.

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Pastors begin fast to press for immigration reform

by Sarah Betancourt Associated PressMarch 28, 2018