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By JAMES PENTLAND

WILLIAMSBURG — Work on the town’s first comprehensive plan is set to continue in the new year with a series of group meetings focused on key elements of the goal-setting document.After a July survey that drew a respectable 20% response and a kickoff...

By JAMES PENTLAND

WASHINGTON — Pushing for action at the federal level to assist homeowners afflicted by crumbling foundations, Rep. Jim McGovern has filed legislation dubbed the Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams and Disasters Act.Co-sponsored by Rep. Jamie...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A Superior Court judge declined to revoke bail Thursday for an Amherst man charged with violating his conditions of release by entering a neighbor’s house uninvited.Judge Edward McDonough agreed instead with the defense request to...

By JAMES PENTLAND

WILLIAMSBURG — A new year has given the town and its firefighters something else to celebrate — a full-time chief. Area chiefs and others gathered at the Public Safety Complex on Tuesday morning to mark Jason Connell’s first day as a full-timer in the...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A local lawyer who is now director of the Student Legal Services Office at UMass has been nominated to be a judge in Probate and Family Court.Gov. Maura Healey nominated Bernadette Stark and two other attorneys for the position earlier...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man who allegedly assaulted his disabled father and held him hostage during a night of terror was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty Friday to a raft of charges in Northampton District Court.Kevin Pardee,...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — The man accused of shooting a Hadley farmer Dec. 31 will remain in jail following a brief arraignment Tuesday in Hampshire Superior Court.Marc A. Veturis, 28, of Waterbury, Connecticut, through his attorney, Francis Dimento Jr., did not...