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This Afternoon: Cloudy with scattered showers, becoming less muggy. Highs: 60-65. Winds: NNE: 6-12 mph. (Temps falling into the 50's later today) Have a great day! Dan Brown
Friday May 24, 2013

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Paradise City Arts Festival Set for This Weekend

May 24th, 2013
(ABC40 File Photo) NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) -- From jewelry to sculptures to home furnishings, there's plenty of things to see this weekend at the Paradise City Arts Festival. The festival begins Saturday and runs through Monday at the Three...


Local Company Delivers Comfort to Former Western Mass. Resident After Tornado

May 24th, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Families in Moore, Okla. are still searching through the rubble and picking up the pieces after a tornado turned...

16 Hurt in Shuttle Bus Crash Near Atlanta Airport

May 24th, 2013
(AP Photo/Ray Henry) By RAY HENRY, Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) -- Sixteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two...

Police in NH Ask for Reimbursement in Bombing Help

May 24th, 2013
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- The police department in Nashua, N.H., has asked to be reimbursed for $15,000 spent in overtime...




Tag Sale Rules: What Residents Need to Know

May 24th, 2013
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB) -- It's a sign of summer: belongings laid across a driveway and cars lined up along the curb as people dig for deals. As the weather has grown warmer, tag sales are back in season. But you may face repercussions for...




Motorists Hit the Road for Memorial Day Weekend

May 24th, 2013
(I-84 Interchange / Photo Courtesy: MassDOT) REGION (WGGB) -- It's the unofficial start of summer. Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and so too are the travelers heading out for the long weekend. MassDOT says that the heaviest traffic is...




Longmeadow Police Make Arrest in September Bank Robbery

May 24th, 2013
LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WGGB) -- A Connecticut man is under arrest after he allegedly robbed a Longmeadow bank last year. Longmeadow Police say that back on September 21, a man walked into the Hampden Bank on Shaker Road and passed a note to a...








Some Vt. Roads Flooded, Closed after Heavy Rain

May 24th, 2013
by WILSON RING,Associated Press JERICHO, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says state officials are adding up the damage from overnight flash flooding to determine if it meets the $1 million threshold that could bring federal disaster...




Wash. I-5 Bridge Collapse Caused by Oversize Load

May 24th, 2013
By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the...




West Springfield Students Honor Veterans for Their Service

May 24th, 2013
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) -- Students at the Fausey School in West Springfield personally thanked a group of veterans Friday, honoring our service men and women with a ceremony at the school. It was connecting generations at the...




Lawsuit Filed in Conn. Train Collision

May 24th, 2013
(AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Attorneys for a 65-year-old woman injured in last week's train crash in Connecticut say they have filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the Metro-North...




Mass. Proposes Fees for Medical Marijuana Program

May 24th, 2013
BOSTON (AP) -- State public health officials are proposing a fee structure for the state's new medical marijuana program. Under draft regulations filed Friday, patients certified to receive medical marijuana would pay a $50 annual...




Funeral Held for Fallen Dalton Soldier

May 24th, 2013
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Family and friends paid their final respects to a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan. A funeral Mass with full military honors for U.S. Army Spc. Mitchell Daehling was held on Friday at St. Agnes Church...




UK Arrests 2 Men Over Incident with Pakistan Plane

May 24th, 2013
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just...




Jersey Shore Reopens for 1st Post-Sandy Summer

May 24th, 2013
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast...