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Ice Cream Truck Robbed, May Close For Good Ice Cream Truck Robbed, May Close For Good
Ice Cream Truck Robbed, May Close For Good Following a motor vehicle break-in, a popular ice cream truck is cutting the season short and possibly closing for good. On Saturday, Oct. 17, Mary Neumeister owner of Nanas Ice Cream of Springfield said her ice cream truck had been broken into. Someone stole all the ice cream and damaged the vehicle including cutting out a few feet of the exhaust pipe and taking the catalytic converter. “It is with great sadness and hurt in my heart that I let you all know unfortunately Nanas Ice Cream season is cut sort and quite possibly out of business permanently,” Neumeister said in a Facebook post. …

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by Kristin Palpini
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Danbury Mayor To Comedian John Oliver: We'll Take Offer To Rename $110M Sewage Plant After You Danbury Mayor To Comedian John Oliver: We'll Take Offer To Rename $110M Sewage Plant After You
Danbury Mayor To Comedian John Oliver: We'll Take Offer To Rename $110M Sewage Plant After You * Watch a video of the announcement here Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton says he's going to make good on his promise to name the city’s $110 million sewer plant after John Oliver and has accepted an offer from the comedian - with one condition. "You must come here to Danbury when we cut the ribbon," Boughton said. Oliver said that he would donate $25,000 to the Connecticut Food Bank, $25,000 to Donors Choose fund for Danbury teachers, and $5,000 to ALS Connecticut if Boughton went through with what was initially a tongue-in-cheek proposal about renaming the sewage plant. Boughton's proposal c…

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by Joe Lombardi
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WMass Mother Dies Days After Giving Birth; Community Steps Up To Support Family WMass Mother Dies Days After Giving Birth; Community Steps Up To Support Family
WMass Mother Dies Days After Giving Birth; Community Steps Up To Support Family Allyson Lanoue died a few days after giving birth, and now the community has come out to support her surviving family. On July 23, Lanoue, of West Springfield, went to the hospital for a scheduled C-section, her fiance Adam Tirrell said. She gave birth to her second child, a daughter she named Charlotte Rose. Then on the morning of July 26, Lanoue became unresponsive in the hospital. A CT scan revealed a massive brain bleed. “They told us Ally’s brain was so severe that even the most extreme measures would not make her come back to us,” Tirrell said. “She passed away that evening with her f…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Mural For Chicopee's Waving Icon 'Bunny' Nears Completion Mural For Chicopee's Waving Icon 'Bunny' Nears Completion
Mural For Chicopee's Waving Icon 'Bunny' Nears Completion Having a bad day? Come see Bunny. For decades a man who is known to most people as “Bunny” has been standing at the intersection of McKinstry Avenue and Dale Street in Chicopee waving to passersby regardless of the weather. Often wearing suspenders, Bunny is a common site for many Chiicopee residents who wave and call out hello to him as they drive or walk by. Bunny has become such a beloved icon in the city that local artist Johnny Miranda is painting a mural of the man at the Gulf Gas Station where Bunny always stands. Last year, residents attempted to raise money to construct a Bun…

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by Kristin Palpini