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Upon Ten Years in Iraq, Painter Matt Mitchell Talks About his 100 Faces of War

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

Since 2005, artist Matt Mitchell has been painting a series of portraits of men and women currently in the U.S. armed services or who have returned home.

Date: 03/21/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Thousands of students, many underage, converged at an off-campus party at UMass Amherst earlier this month, resulting in six arrests, property damage, and many ambulance trips.

Date: 03/20/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

This week marks the ten year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Date: 03/20/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

Over one hundred health care providers and I-T specialists throughout western Massachusetts will attend a summit in Springfield tomorrow [Thursday] on launching a regional health i

Date: 03/19/2013

Contributor: Leanna First-Arai

As casino companies work out the details of host-community agreements, concerns are being expressed about how those companies will make their investments count once the state's gaming commission aw

Date: 03/19/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission made new commitments this week to communities adjacent to potential casino sites.

Date: 03/18/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

For the second time in a month, the U.S.

Date: 03/18/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

A new study is highlighting the difficulty wheelchair-bound patients continue to have in accessing medical care, despite passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act a generation ago.

Date: 03/15/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

Saturday and Sunday are big days in Holyoke, Massachusetts, as several hundred thousand people are expected in town for the annual St. Patrick's Day road race and parade.

Date: 03/14/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

Just when you thought election season was over, another campaign cycle is starting again with mayoral seats up for grabs in several western Massachusetts communities.

Date: 03/14/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

The New Leadership Charter School in Springfield is slated to close at the end of this school year, but a group of parents hopes to have a replacement ready by this fall.

Date: 03/14/2013

Contributor: Fred Bever

As Massachusetts lawmakers consider more spending on transportation, they are getting support from a new poll.

Rintala Case Ends in Mistrial, Hung Jury

Date: 03/13/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

A mistrial has been declared in the trial of Cara Rintala, a Granby, Massachusetts woman accused of killing her wife in 2010.

Date: 03/12/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

In Greenfield, Massachusetts the school committee voted late last month not to apply for a new school certificate for the district's virtual academy under a new law requiring stronger state supervi

Date: 03/12/2013

Contributor: Katie Landeck

After three months of delays and discussions, the Pittsfield, Mass. school committee will vote again on Wednesday on what vocational programs should be taught at Taconic High School.

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