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Hit-Run Crash: Teen Killed After Being Runover In Remote Western Mass Cornfield, DA Says Hit-Run Crash: Teen Killed After Being Runover In Remote Western Mass Cornfield, DA Says
Hit-Run Crash: Teen Killed After Being Runover In Remote Western Mass Cornfield, DA Says Police in Hampshire County are looking for the pickup truck driver who ran over a Florence teenager in a cornfield in Hatfield Friday, March 24, and left the man to die of his injuries, authorities said.  Jesse Johansmeyer, 19, of Burts Pit Road, died the next morning at Baystate Medical Center after doctors couldn't save his life, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Johansmeyer was run over around 11:30 p.m. on Friday while attending a bonfire in a remote area called the Hatfield Meadows off Great Neponset Road and South Street near the Connecticut River,…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Driver Slams Into Northampton Building While Evading Arrest: Police Hit-Run Driver Slams Into Northampton Building While Evading Arrest: Police
Hit-Run Driver Slams Into Northampton Building While Evading Arrest: Police Northampton Police had their hands full when they responded to two separate hit-and-run incidents in one night this week. The first incident was reported when a vehicle crashed into another car then fled the scene around 6:20 p.m. on Friday, March 3, police said on Facebook. Officers tried stopping the vehicle, but it instead kept driving and crashed into a curb and popped several tires.  The car then drove over a median, through a traffic sign and crashed into another vehicle – but the chase did not stop there. Officers followed the car as it drove across someone's yard, down a dead end s…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Cockfight Organizer Pleads Guilty To Animal Cruelty - More Than 400 Poultry Rescued Cockfight Organizer Pleads Guilty To Animal Cruelty - More Than 400 Poultry Rescued
Cockfight Organizer Pleads Guilty To Animal Cruelty - More Than 400 Poultry Rescued A city man has pleaded guilty for his participation in a Northampton-based cockfighting ring that law enforcement broke up in 2018. At the time of the bust, police and animal welfare officials allegedly rescued more than 400 roosters, hens, and chicks from being pressed into the bloodsport.  About half of the animals were deemed too aggressive and euthanized, according to an archived Daily Hampshire Gazette article. Miguel Rodriguez, 59, of Holyoke issued a guilty plea in Northampton District Court on Thursday, Feb. 18, to the charges of possessing and training animals for fighting a…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Driver In Crash That Broke Police Officer's Leg, Gets Court Date; Cop Leaves Hospital Driver In Crash That Broke Police Officer's Leg, Gets Court Date; Cop Leaves Hospital
Driver In Crash That Broke Police Officer's Leg, Gets Court Date; Cop Leaves Hospital The driver in a two-vehicle accident that crushed a police officer’s leg will face charges in court in late March. Maleah Aquadro, 25, of Florence, is scheduled to be arraigned on March 24 in Northampton District Court on charges that include operating under the influence of alcohol, assault, and battery with a dangerous weapon, and reckless operation causing serious bodily injury in connection with a Jan. 30 crash on Route 66 in Northampton, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said. On Jan. 30 at around 11:30 p.m., Aquadro was allegedly driving east at a high rate of speed when her…

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by Kristin Palpini
Obituaries
New Canaan High School Hall Of Fame Coach Keith MacBain Has Died New Canaan High School Hall Of Fame Coach Keith MacBain Has Died
New Canaan High School Hall Of Fame Coach Keith MacBain Has Died Keith MacBain died at his home in Southampton on Sunday, Sept. 13 due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease.  Keith was born in Englewood, NJ, and lived on a small farm in Closter, NJ, where his father ran a kennel. He later attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated in 1956. He received a B.A. in English from Cornell University in 1960 and an M.A. from Columbia Teachers College in 1964.  He married Cynthia Loring in August of 1960, and they moved to Homewood, Illinois, to teach for two years. After moving back to Connecticut, Keith taught English at New Cana…

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