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Northampton football coach Ken O'Brien expected to resignNorthampton - After 40 years, including 12 as the head coach, Ken O'Brien has decided to end his run on the Northampton football team's sidelines. Athletic director Jim Miller confirmed Wednesday that O'Brien has informed the school's administration of his decision to resign and will do so officially when he returns from vacationing with his family next week. read more — Daily Hampshire Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:00 AM Area police newsEasthampton · Police received a report Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. that a window had been smashed and speakers valued at $300 had been stolen from vehicle parked on the Grove Street. Northampton read more — Daily Hampshire Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:00 AM Hadley board chooses Moyer to lead schoolsHadley - A veteran superintendent credited with stabilizing a New Hampshire school district this year will take the reigns as interim superintendent in Hadley next school year. read more — Daily Hampshire Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:00 AM Celtics paint pretty picturePhiladelphia - Paul Pierce, on his way to a 24-point, 12-rebound game, slashed to the basket midway through the... — The Boston Herald Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:51 PM
Court: Conviction needed for longer suspensionThe highest court in Massachusetts has overturned a 3-year license suspension given to a man who refused to take a breath test after being arrested on a drunken driving charge, finding that a law designed to increase penalties for repeat drunken drivers requires a previous conviction. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:58 AM
Family, friends remember Belchertown crash victim Ashley GoetzAmherst - Ashley Goetz wanted to write. In 2011, she left her job as director of marketing at a Minnesota retail firm, uprooted her life and moved to Easthampton to pursue a master's degree at the University of Massachusetts. At the time of her death she was working on two novels. read more — Daily Hampshire Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:00 AM Ri agency official out after Schilling defaultProvidence, R.i. -- The head of the Rhode Island agency whose board approved a $75 million loan guarantee for former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's now financially troubled video gaming company has resigned. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:28 AM
Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63 Legendary singer Donna Summer has died at age 63. — The Boston Channel Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:53 PM
Coroner: RFK Jr.'s wife died of hangingBedford, N.y. -- A medical examiner in suburban New York says the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. died of asphyxiation due to hanging. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:06 PM
37-year-old Southampton motorist who hit bear on Bridge Road in Northampton escapes injuryThe vehicle sustained more than $1,000 in damage and the bear ran into the woods. Northampton – A 37-year-old Southampton motorist escaped injury Sunday night when he hit a black bear on Bridge Road. The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that the motorist told police that he saw the bear and was unable to stop in time. The collision caused more than $1,000 to the vehicle, described by the Gazette as a truck, and the bear ran into the woods after the accident. It occurred shortly before 9 p.m. near 429 Bridge Road. — The Republican Cuban president's daughter gets US visaThe daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American politicians and on anti-Castro blogs, which argue that she is an apologist for the Communist government her family has led for decades. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:59 AM
Rfk Jr.'s troubled estranged wife found dead in NYBedford, N.y. (ap) — Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, and they played out publicly because of the famous political family she married into in 1994. — Daily Times Chronicle Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:27 AM
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