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Triple Fatal Plane Crash: Southwich Flight School Owner, Instructor ID'd Among Dead Triple Fatal Plane Crash: Southwich Flight School Owner, Instructor ID'd Among Dead
Triple Fatal Plane Crash: Southwich Flight School Owner, Instructor ID'd Among Dead Investigators have identified the three people killed in a Sunday, Jan. 14, plane crash in Franklin County as a student pilot, his instructor, and the owner of a flight school.  They are:  William Hampton, age 68, of Indian Orchard Chad Davidson, age 29, of Woodstock, Connecticut Fredrika Ballard, age 53, of Southwick Ballard owned Fly Lugu Flight School and Hampton was an instructor. Davidson was taking flying lessons, Massachusetts State Police said.  Related: No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass According to flight tracker data, the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 5…

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by Josh Lanier
Business
New Restaurant With A Familiar Face Proposed For Main Street New Restaurant With A Familiar Face Proposed For Main Street
New Restaurant With A Familiar Face Proposed For Main Street A new restaurant with a familiar face has been proposed for Main Street in Indian Orchard. On Feb. 8, the Springfield Board of License Commissioners had a new all-alcohol annual restaurant license on their agenda for Yaad Food Bar & Grill II. Yaad Food is a Jamaican restaurant at 89 Main St., Indian Orchard, owned by Orlando Roberts and Alexis Mercure. It is Mercure’s sister, Kimberley Campbell, who is listed as the manager of record for Yaad Food Bar & Grill II’s new liquor license application. Campbell works at Yaad Food with Mercure and is often the person who greets customers a…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
CT Man Dives Into River To Avoid Arrest, But Leaves ID At Scene Of Crime CT Man Dives Into River To Avoid Arrest, But Leaves ID At Scene Of Crime
CT Man Dives Into River To Avoid Arrest, But Leaves ID At Scene Of Crime A Connecticut man accused of a pedestrian-involved hit-and-run almost escaped police capture by diving into the Chicopee River - but all the identifying information he allegedly left at the scene of the crime quickly led to his arrest. Andrew Milne, 39, of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, allegedly tore through Ludlow leaving damage and injuries in his wake on Sunday, Sept. 20. Police ran into Milne after they received a report of a hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Cady and West streets, police said. The pedestrian was transported to the hospital and is expe…

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by Kristin Palpini