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Northampton's fiscal 2014 budget draft is now in the hands of the City Council. Mayor David Narkewicz formally presented ...
Nigel~Cockatiel~Male~17 yearsI am a more mature cockatiel. My people loved me very much and I lived with them for most of my ...
Another Northampton City Councilor has announced she's not running for re-election. Pamela Schwartz has represented Ward ...
Mr. Bert~Domestic Short Hair~Neutered Male~6 years~FIV+Hi I'm Mr. Bert, nice to meet you. Let's not be formal, you do...
Three Republican US Senate candidates from Massachusetts have wrapped up their Springfield debate. Dan Winslow, Gabriel Gomez...
The candidates in the Massachusetts US Senate race all five candidates squared off on Boston TV Wednesday night. The three Re...
There's been an outpouring of support for a Connecticut high school senior whose application to Smith College has been re...
Springfield Mayor Dom Sarno is asking state lawmakers to exempt casinos from Prop 2 1/2. A proposed bill would let Springfiel...
Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz has a plan to save the city some money, and to help close a $2.4 million budget gap. Na...
Drucella ~Terrier mix ~Spayed Female ~2-3 yearsIsn’t my name silly? I have a personality that’s just as cute, tho...
A bit of health care sticker shock for Greenfield this week. Town Finance Director Lane Kelly says starting March 1st, the to...
Eliot Spitzer is co-hosting a fundraiser for Ed Markey's Senate campaign. Spitzer is the former Governor of New York who ...
The WHMP Heavy Petting Pet of the Week from the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society is Caspian the bunny. Dakin is having a ...
Northampton Police are asking for the public's help in solving a brutal beating that took place on Pearl Street early Sat...
Cisco~Pug/Chihuahua mix~Neutered Male~3.5 yearsI have the most adorable face! I am feeling a little overwhelmed by the adopti...
A new report faults Amherst College for the school's handling of a rape report last year. The school formed the Special O...
DineroDomestic Short HairDeclawedNeutered Male12 yearsI’ve made a really long journey to arrive at Dakin. I was one of ...
Holyoke voters may get to weigh in on the city's controversial needle exchange. The City Council this week voted to put a...
Governor Deval Patrick wants to pay for his ambitious education and transportation plans with a one percent hike in the state...
The state's highest court has cleared the way for an affordable housing complex in Sunderland. The town's been in a s...
With the ink on his ambitious transportation plan barely dry, Governor Patrick is now tackling education. His new plan would ...
Northampton school officials have said a pledge students were asked to write and sign in the wake of a threat against the sch...
Gun control and mental health will be the focus of a meeting Monday night in Greenfield. The town's Human Right's Com...
Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods are temporarily suspending sales of the rifle used in last week's school shooting i...
Our pet of the week is "Happy", a 1 year old male rabbit who absolutely loves people. He loves to be petted and hop...
People across the Pioneer Valley sent up prayers and participated in vigils this weekend for those impacted by the Connecticu...
Although John Kerry is said to be President Obama's new top choice for Secretary of State, don't expect the announcem...
TipperSpayed FemaleLabrador Retriever/Bassett Hound1 year oldI’m named for the cute little white tip on the end of my t...
Dozens of progressive activists including former Northampton Mayor Mary Ford delivered a message to Senator John Kerry on Mon...
The Mass Municipal Association is asking the state to delay implementing the new medical marijuana law, saying there's to...
Gingerbread Latte, a 3 week old maleGuinea pig is one ofnearly one dozen baby and adult Guinea pigs awaiting new homes at Dak...
Some Massachusetts residents brought into the country illegally as children will soon be eligible to pay in-state tuition at ...
AthenaDomestic Short HairBrown TabbySpayed Female6 monthsIf you are looking for a playful, funny, silly, goofy cat…com...
A first of a kind project to build housing for homeless veterans will be developed at the VA hospital in Leeds. The non-profi...
ClaireAustralian Cattle Dog mixSpayed Female1.5 yearsLook at my tail go! I'm such a happy gal and I can't hide it wit...
The election of Elizabeth Warren and at least four other women to the U.S.. Senate will set another record for women serving ...
Supporters of a measure to allow doctor assisted suicide in Massachusetts have conceded defeat. With 100% of all statewide pr...
Ms. Beasley,Spayed Female,5 years,Beagle/ Pointer mixI'm surrounded by all these youngsters, but I'm really the perfe...
A Barred Owl that spent Thursday roosting in downtown Holyoke has been taken into protective custody. The owl was perched on ...
Amherst College is reevaluating the way it handles alleged sexual assaults. Demonstrations over the weekend were sparked by a...
Feminist activist Sandra Fluke made a pitch for Democrat Elizabeth Warren's Senate campaign in Northampton yesterday. Flu...
Congressman Jim McGovern will hold a public forum Monday night in Northampton urging voters to support a ballot question. The...
Our WHMP Pet of the week is Shira, aDomestic Long HairOrange Tabby, 1.5 year old female cat. Here's her story:I’m a...
A divided Northampton City Council has given the mayor authority to make changes in health insurance benefits offered to its ...
Unionized nurses have failed to reach an agreement with Baystate Health Systems and will strike Friday. The strike by nurses ...
A chief with the Cherokee Nation is asking Senator Scott Brown to apologize for his campaign staffers yelling fake Indian war...
Northampton is one city council vote away from green-lighting a process that could end up changing the city's health insu...
A UMass student has been arrested for breaking into the Amherst College health center and defacing it with swastikas. 20-year...
THe threat of two types of mosquito-borne illnesses has been raised in Western Mass. As of Monday, ten local communities were...
THe threat of two types of mosquito-borne illnesses has been raised in Western Mass. As of Monday, ten local communities were...
The condemned housing used by Mexican farm workers at the Chang Farm in Whately won't be demolished at least for now. A h...
U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren hammered now-familiar themes in her speech to the Democratic National Convention Wedne...
Josh the dove is available for adoption at Dakin! Doves are gentle, quiet birds who are very social and enjoy the company of ...
The owners of a Western Mass. bean sprout farm are in hot water again. This time, for allegedly housing workers in substandar...
The criminal case against Northampton insurance company executive Scott King has been resolved. The President of King and Cus...
The WHMP Heavy Petting Pet of the Week is Jack. He's a 3 and a half year old male Coonhound! Jack is available for adopti...
The WHMP Pet of the Week is Monsieur Kitty, aDomestic Short HairNeutered Male, 1 year old. Here's his story:My person was...
A Greenfield man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for child pornography charges. 57 year old Louis Kevin Wieprecht w...
A Cummington photographer will be deported to England after pleading guilty to assaulting a seven year old girl. Richard Shep...
Family, friends, and the community gathered in Huntington Monday night to honor murder victim Jessica Dana. A ceremony organi...
Eight Franklin County towns will share in a regional health department. The new Franklin County Coooperative Public Health Se...
The city of Holyoke will soon host a needle exchange program. The program has the unanimous approval of the Board of Health a...
A Belchertown man charged in a child porn sting is free on his own recognizance after denying the charges against hm. 28-year...
Governor Deval Patrick's veto of reforms designed to curb welfare abuse is not sitting well with many in the state legisl...
Northampton's school superintendent will take what he heard at last night's public forum on a later high school start...
Low-paid human service workers will take a hit this year because of a line-item veto by Governor Patrick. The $20 million...
The effort to recall Easthampton City Councilor Donald Cykowski is gathering steam. Organizer Suzanne O'Donnell delivered...
The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding four Massachusetts agencies a total of $800,000 to help homeless veterans get jo...
The Transgender Equal Rights Bill is now in effect in Massachusetts. The law adds gender identity as a protected category und...
His name in Barnabus and he is a 1 1/2 year old neutered male shorthaired black cat. He is a bundle of energy and needs a hom...
It's a done deal. Northampton's 2013 budget has received final approval from the City Council. But not before the cou...
The second of two women who tried to develop a gay and lesbian condo project in Easthampton says she's not guilty of bilk...
The WHMP Pets of the week are Friesian and Falabella, 8 week old spayed female Tortoiseshell kittens! We are two beautiful si...
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren arrives in Springfield today, along with 5,000 delegates to the state's...
A federal appeals court says a federal law that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman is unconstitutional. ...
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren is admitting that she told university officials at Harvard and Penn that sh...
Meet Fritz, a 2 year old maleLabrador Retriever/ Irish Wolfhound mix:I am an independent natured and confident dog. I am quit...
Smith College is receiving a $1 million grant to expand the school's science curriculum. The Howard Hughes Medical In...
Artists exhibiting their wares at this weekend's Paradise City Arts Festival have been generous with items for the event&...
Reed is our WHMP Heavy Petting Pet of the Week from the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society. Reed is a 5 year old male Chihua...
The Select Board in Amherst has voted to support a resolution that's critical of a federal immigration enforcement progra...
A research group says they have found no evidence to back up claims by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren that...
The WHMP Heavy Petting Pet of the Week is Tokyo is a 6 month old male Hamster. He's available for adoption at the Dakin P...
Despite opposition from Governor Deval Patrick, federal authorities will implement the Secure Communities program in Massachu...
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren headlined the 2012 Noho Pride Celebration in Northampton over the weekend. ...
Two more Easthampton city councilors are calling for the resignation of fellow councilor Donald Cykowski. The two were absent...
Openly gay Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts says the President's support of gay marriage last week pr...
The WHMP Heavy petting pets of the week are Paul and Mary, 3 year old Parekeets!Budgies, also known as parakeets, are very so...
He's not going anywhere. Easthampton City Councilor Donald Cykowski is defying a call from other councilors to consider r...
Elizabeth Warren says she listed herself as a minority in law professor directories with the hopes of networking with others ...
The Easthampton School budget is on the agenda for Wednesday night's City Council meeting. Mayor Michael Tautznik says a ...
WHMP's Heavy Petting Pet of the Week is Sketcher, a 1 year old neutered MaleRat Terrier mixAbout me:Teens and other dogs ...
Two Northampton city boards are banding together to fight for more school funding. The City Council and School Committee have...
The Massachusetts House Begins debate on the state budget Monday, with deliberations expected to take up most of the week. Ho...
The Drug Enforcement Agency is hoping you gather your unused and outdated prescription drugs for this weekend's fourth na...
Northampton's mayor is holding neighborhood budget hearings, including one Tuesday night at the Florence Civic Center. Ma...
A budget showdown is shaping up on Beacon Hill, and whether we pay more taxes on things like candy, soda and cigarettes is on...
More people have health insurance in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the nation. That's according to Governor Patrick...
Granby police have arrested a Westfield man on charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. 25-year old Chris...
Our WHMP Heavy Petting Pet of the Week is Big Mo. He's a 2 year old neutered maleBorder Terrier. He's available for a...
A Belchertown man is among 32 people arrested statewide in an internet child porn sting. Police executed a search warrant at ...
Greenfield's Social Security office may be closed, but the town is still fighting for it. The Greenfield Human Rights Com...
Attorneys for married gay couples urged a federal appeals judge in Boston yesterday to strike down the federal law that defin...
The WHMP Heavy petting pets of the week are, Andrea and Janice--Mini Rex Rabbits. They are 9 month old spayed females.Andrea ...
The WHMP Heavy petting pets of the week are, Andrea and Janice--Mini Rex Rabbits. They are 9 month old spayed females.Andrea ...
The behavior of Easthampton City Councilor Donald Cykowski will be discussed by his colleagues tonight behind closed doors. T...
Governor Deval Patrick is vowing to veto a bill that would create a so-called "stand your ground" law in Massachuse...
WHMP's Heavy Petting Pet of the week is Gizmo! Neutered Male9 monthsShih Tzu/ Affenpinscher mixAbout me:Ok with children ...
Easthampton fire officials say they've determined that an electric baseboard heater caused the fire Tuesday afternoon tha...
Talbert Swan, the leader of the Springfield chapter of the NAACP, released an open letter to the residents of Easthampton Tue...
Easthampton's mayor says he's not ruling out layoffs or dipping into the city's reserve funds as he tries to bala...
College students from across Massachusetts gathered at the State House in Boston Thursday, urging increases in state funding ...
A Mount Holyoke College squash coach has been placed on administrative leave after his arrest on sex assault charges. Allen F...
A poll from Western New Engloand University in Springfield shows Senator Scott Brown ahead of Democrat Elizabeth Warren by 8 ...
Two weeks after an Easthampton woman was murdered in what police suspect is a case of domestic violence, police say a Springf...
AbelNeutered Male5 monthsLabrador mixI would like an adults-only home, other pets may be ok.It is amazing how much trouble ca...
Listen to the discussion recorded live at Esselon Cafe in HadleyGovernor Deval Patrick says there are more than 120,000 unfil...
A new study shows that Connecticut has experienced no increase in crime in the area of the state's two casinos since they...
A permaculture garden that has provided 1,000 pounds of fresh produce for meals on the UMass Amherst campus is in the nationa...
An Easthampton man remains hospitalized without bail, after being arraigned inside Baystate Medical Center for the murder of ...
Children diagnosed with gender identity disorder appear to suffer a heightened risk of psychological problems. A new study ou...
An activist from Northampton is one of about a half-dozen Americans arrested during protests in Bahrain. The American Friends...
Federal, state and local law enforcement made 20 arrests Thursday during a series of drug and weapons raids targeting reputed...
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo says he expects state lawmakers to propose a budget that does not include Governor P...
Meet Mason! Mason is the first WHMP "Heavy Petting" Pet of the week, and needs a good home.Terrier mix2 years oldNe...
The parents of two children involved in an incident at Montague Elementary School Friday say their kids were bullied, and the...
Activists who want the Vermont Yankee nulcear plant shut down in March are recruiting protesters for what they say will be ac...
Governor Deval Patrick has unveiled his $32 Billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that begins in July. Patri...
A $16 million affordable housing project proposed for Easthampton is a step closer to breaking ground. The city's Com...
School districts across Western Mass. recognized "No Name Calling Day" Wednesday, as part of the statewide effort t...
Governor Patrick's new state budget proposal will include increased funding for programs aimed at helping struggling stud...
In his State of the Commonwealth Address Monday night, Governor Deval Patrick proposed major changed to the state community c...
Republican Senator Scott Brown and his likely democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren have signed an agreement designed to limit...
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Estate Planning and Elder Care with Attorney Karen "Action" Jackson.
Estate Planning and Elder Care with Attorney Karen "Action" Jackson.
Estate Planning and Elder Care with Attorney Karen "Action" Jackson.
The 30-minute financial talk show, is hosted by Financial Expert Rob Ostberg and Lawyer Bruce Fogel.
The 30-minute financial talk show, is hosted by Financial Expert Rob Ostberg and Lawyer Bruce Fogel.
The 30-minute financial talk show, is hosted by Financial Expert Rob Ostberg and Lawyer Bruce Fogel.
The 30-minute financial talk show, is hosted by Financial Expert Rob Ostberg and Lawyer Bruce Fogel.
The 30-minute financial talk show, is hosted by Financial Expert Rob Ostberg and Lawyer Bruce Fogel.
The 30-minute financial talk show, is hosted by Financial Expert Rob Ostberg and Lawyer Bruce Fogel.
The 30-minute financial talk show, is hosted by Financial Expert Rob Ostberg and Lawyer Bruce Fogel.
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