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MassLive.com
April 4, 2018
CHICOPEE - At least two people broke into the Sheridan Street Storage Units and drove away with a motorcycle, an ATV, dirt bikes, helmets and leather jackets. The crime happened on March 28 at the facility on 105 Sheridan St. Multiple units were broken into and expensive vehicles and other items wereÃâà...
wwlp.com
April 4, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. - (WWLP) - Wind gusts up to 60 mph Wednesday afternoon and night could cause damage and power outages. The 22News Storm Team has declared today a 22News Storm Team Weather Alert Day ahead of the potential for high winds and damage. A High Wind Warning has beenÃâà...
MassLive.com
April 4, 2018
Chicopee has some of the lowest-paid municipal employees in Western Massachusetts. Even the mayor and City Council agreed the salaries for the Department of Public Works were not competitive with surrounding communities and agreed to spend $75,000 to have the Collins Center at the University ofÃâà...
wwlp.com
April 4, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Dozens of Chicopee teachers and city workers staged an informational picket outside Chicopee City Hall Annex Tuesday night. Teachers said their salaries aren't keeping up with inflation, and that they've been working without a contract for seven months. “I'm veryÃâà...
wwlp.com
April 4, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - A woman was arrested in Chicopee Tuesday night after a caller reported possible drug activity on Coolidge Road to police. Chicopee Police Officer Mike Wilk told 22News officers went to the location and found 30-year-old Jennifer Poulin, of Plainville, Connecticut, in a car.
MassLive.com
April 2, 2018
Records with the Massachusetts Secretary of State show Cincotta as the president and treasurer of Pioneer Valley Greenery Inc. Cincotta was arraigned in Chicopee District Court on the charges. Bail was set at $5,000 surety or $500 cash and his case was continued until May 25, according to court officials.
MassLive.com
April 1, 2018
School and law enforcement officials met Wednesday with the School Committee to talk about how they are keeping schools safe and dealing with a spate of school shooting threats that have hit Western Massachusetts. The one at Dupont Middle School was the first in a series of social media postsÃâà...
MassLive.com
March 31, 2018
CHICOPEE - The Great New England Air Show is returning to Westover Air Reserve Base this summer with the Air Force's demonstration team the Thunderbirds as the headline act and multiple other military and civilian acts planned. "This will be the first time in 10 years that the Air Force's official aerialÃâà...
wwlp.com
March 31, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - A Springfield man is in police custody following a road rage incident that led to a shooting and police chase from Chicopee into Holyoke Friday afternoon. Chicopee police Officer Mike Wilk told 22News 28-year-old Dwayne Howlette of Springfield is facing charges includingÃâà...
wwlp.com
March 31, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - March is almost over and the weather has gotten a little milder. The 22News Storm Team took a look back at a big snowstorm that hit western Massachusetts 21-years-ago this weekend. It's known as the April Fools' Day snowstorm and it was quite a storm. It's March 30 andÃâà...
wwlp.com
March 30, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - A 40-year-old Chicopee man was arrested Wednesday evening for driving with a suspended license. Chicopee Police Officer Mike Wilk told 22News, Frank Bruso's arrest comes after numerous complaints about a white Ford truck speeding and burning out on Chapel StreetÃâà...
wwlp.com
March 28, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A woman is facing a felony larceny charge after she allegedly stole bags of shrimp from Stop and Shop in Chicopee. Chicopee Police Officer Mike Wilk told 22News an officer was called to the store Monday afternoon for a reported shoplifting in progress. The suspectÃâà...
WESTERNMASSNEWS.com
March 19, 2018
The message was spread through Snapchat and parents sent in screenshots of it to Western Mass News. "I was really scared and I told him nobody's going to school tomorrow," Gonzalez noted. Right away, many parents, like Gonzalez, made the decision to keep their children home from school Monday.
wwlp.com
March 12, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A section of I-391S in Chicopee was temporarily closed by Massachusetts State Police following a reported shooting. Massachusetts State Police Trooper George Berrios told 22News occupants in two cars exchanged gunfire near Exit 4B on I-391. State police are now lookingÃâà...
wwlp.com
March 9, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It will soon cost you a little more to stay in a hotel room in Chicopee. Tuesday night, the Chicopee City Council approved an order to raise the local room occupancy tax from four percent to five percent. This is in addition to the 5.7 percent charged by the state. Even withÃâà...
GazetteNET
March 9, 2018
Jaeden Johndrow, left, of Northampton, draws a foul from Ramon Jimenez, of Chicopee, Thursday at Western New England University. ... They sensed a victory in Thursday's Western Massachusetts Division 2 Tournament semifinal. ... “That's a program I respect as much as any in Western Mass.”.
MassLive.com
March 8, 2018
Snow accumulation reports are beginning to come in across Massachusetts, as the state faces its second nor'easter since the start of March. The following totals are unofficial reports collected by the National Weather Service from weather spotters throughout the state and the time at which the report wasÃâà...
wwlp.com
March 7, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Hu Ke Lau in Chicopee will be closing on April 6th, but not for good, for some big changes. A news conference at the Hu Ke Lau Tuesday announced changes coming to the Chicopee restaurant. The iconic restaurant will undergo a rebuild and possibly re-branding.
MassLive.com
March 7, 2018
CHICOPEE -- The new Yee family restaurant that will replace the Hu Ke Lau at 705 Memorial Drive will likely be about a fifth the size of the venerable 27,000-square-foot showplace that closes April 6. "We have found that 5,000 square feet is our sweet spot," said Hu Ke Lau general manager Andy YeeÃâà...
CBS Boston / WBZ
March 7, 2018
CLINTON (CBS) — A Chicopee police officer, who is also an Army veteran, is charged with rape, kidnapping and assault in Ayer. ... In a statement, the Massachusetts National Guard called the allegations against Fournier “very disturbing and inconsistent with the values of the Massachusetts NationalÃâà...
Land Line Magazine
March 6, 2018
Tired of removing trucks stuck underneath the Willimansett Bridge, the city council of Chicopee, Mass., unanimously decided to ban all trucks from driving under the bridge. Previously, signs only warned truckers of the height of the low-clearance bridge. On Feb. 20, the Chicopee city council voted 13-0 toÃâà...
wwlp.com
February 25, 2018
(WWLP) – One person was killed in a one-car crash in Chicopee Saturday morning. Chicopee ... The victim of the crash was later identified as Mr. Eric Lucio, 42, of Chicopee. Mr. Lucio ... Chicopee Police Accident Reconstruction investigators were on site trying to determine how this accident happened.
MassLive.com
December 31, 1999
A man is being held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail after he was arrested Friday afternoon in connection with what police are calling a road rage shooting on East Main Street Chicopee. Chicopee police spokesman Officer Michael Wilk said Dwayne Howlette, 28, was taken into custody by police in Holyoke notÃâà...
MassLive.com
December 31, 1999
CHICOPEE - Police and school administrators have been conducting lockdown drills at all city schools following multiple threats posted on social media from teens threatening shootings. Different divisions of the police department led by Lt. Patrick Major, the commander of the Special Response Team,Ãâà...
wwlp.com
December 31, 1999
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Chicopee Police arrested a woman for assault after an incident at the Big Y on Memorial Drive Sunday. Chicopee Police Officer Mike Wilk said 19 year old Savannah Connor of Springfield was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Wilk said officers wereÃâà...
