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Gary Cook
<html><head></head><body>Gary Cook<br /><br />Merritt Island, FL - Gary Michael Cook passed away unexpectedly on June 18, 2026. He will be remembered for his easygoing nature, unforgettable sense of…
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1mChristian Theriault
Christian Theriault<br /><br />Millbury, MA - Christian James Theriault, of Millbury, Massachusetts, died peacefully on July 10, 2026, at the age of 55, after a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Lucie Theriault and son ...
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4mLegion baseball: Northampton Post 28 punches ticket to state tournament for first time since 2017
FLORENCE — Nine years of waiting is over. The Northampton Legion Post 28 baseball team is heading to the Massachusetts Legion Senior State tournament for the first time since 2017, after winning the District 3B playoff division on Wednesday. Northampton outmatched Sheffield Post 340, 6-2, at Arcanum Field to punch its ticket to the eight-team […]
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10mAward-winning play, 'Unreconciled,' comes to the Academy this weekend, tackles clergy sexual abuse with conviction and compassion
Date: April 13, 2007 To: Jaybird <Jay Sefton> From: Dad <Joe Sefton> Subject: the bastard. Link: Priest Defrocked Over Abuse Cases Jaybird, just saw this in the Inquirer. Please call me. Love, Dad “Holy s—,” Jay Sefton thought. His father — a lifelong Havertown boy, a diehard Catholic and Philadelphia Phillies fan, a chain-smoking Army […]
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5mBelchertown well project stalled amid drought, permit fight
BELCHERTOWN — The Belchertown Water District had hoped to drill a new well to expand capacity and boost drought resilience, but that effort has stalled after a year spent defending the district’s water withdrawal permit before state regulators. The Belchertown Water District has spent the last year fighting to maintain it water withdrawal allowance against […]
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4mAppeals court upholds Granby woman's manslaughter conviction in 2010 killing
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed Cara Rintala’s 2023 conviction in the killing of her wife in their Granby home 16 years ago, closing out what is believed to be the first murder case in Hampshire County to be tried four times. Rintala, now 59, was tried on a murder charge but ultimately convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the March 2010 strangulation death of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, 37, in the couple’s Granby home. Rintala’s first two trials, in 2013 and 2014, ended in hung juries. In 2016, a jury convicted her of murder and she was sentenced to life […]