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Passionate, Always Smiling: Loved Ones Remember Mom, Son Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide Passionate, Always Smiling: Loved Ones Remember Mom, Son Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide
Passionate, Always Smiling: Loved Ones Remember Mom, Son Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide Driven and walking: That's how family and friends remembered Dylan and Sima Pariseau, the mother and son killed in a murder-suicide in Hampden County earlier this month.  Sima's longtime partner, Peter Donaldson, is believed to have shot and killed the two in the basement of their home in Wilbraham home on June 16 before turning the gun on himself, the Hampden District Attorney's Office has said.  Related: Police Release Details, IDs In Wilbraham Murder-Suicide Obituaries for the Pariseaus paint the picture of a passionate young man at the beginning of a promising career and…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Family Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide ID'd Family Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide ID'd
Family Killed In Western Mass Murder-Suicide ID'd Police have identified the three people found shot to death inside a Western Massachusetts home as a mother, her son, and her domestic partner.  Sima Pariseau, age 56, Dylan Pariseau, age 27, and Peter Donaldson, age 56, were found dead Tuesday morning, June 18, after police were called to perform a welfare check, the Hampden District Attorney's Office said.  Police saw Donaldson's body through a window and forced their way inside. They found Sima and her son in the basement. Both had been shot multiple times.  Donaldson, who was found in the living room of the 851 Main St. …

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by Josh Lanier
Schools
COVID-19: First Details Of MCAS Test Changes For 2021 Surface COVID-19: First Details Of MCAS Test Changes For 2021 Surface
Covid-19: First Details Of Mcas Test Changes For 2021 Surface For many students, MCAS testing time will be shorter than usual due to COVID-19, said Massachusetts’ education commissioner, adding that for many students the pandemic likely led to a “learning loss.” On Tuesday, Jan. 5, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley sent a memo to superintendents about what the MCAS testing process may be like during the pandemic. With considerations for things like interrupted classroom schedules and distance learning, MCAS will still be taken this spring, but Riley said he will recommend to the state board of education that the test be mod…

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by Kristin Palpini