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SPRINGFIELD — Investors backing the latest Springfield entry into the American Hockey League come from industries as diverse as hotels, real estate development, construction, doughnuts and the law.

But whatever business they do, they do it in Springfield, key members of the ownership group said Friday while meeting with editors and reporters at The Republican and MassLive.

And the new investors plan on drawing on that diversity of local business con...

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Tree takes down utility lines in Springfield

Posted: May 16, 2016 5:29 AM EST

Updated: May 16, 2016 8:45 AM EST

By Hugh Zeitlin

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SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -

A large tree branch has come down across a portion of Dorset Street.

The Springfield Police Department told Western Mass News that the tree has taken down Verizon lines, however, residents still have power.

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AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -

It's a program aimed at learning more about the various tick species in our area and how we can better protect ourselves from tick borne illnesses.

The microbiology lab at UMass Amherst has been testing ticks since 2006 and today, we went to campus to see the latest findings within their research.

Lyme disease is commonly the illness associated with tick bites, but microbiology professor Dr. Stephen Rich told u...

http://www.westernmassnews.com/story/31940575/umass-researchers-want-to-test-your-ticks

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people was missing Sunday after losing contact with ground control during a short flight in bad weather in the country’s mountainous easternmost province of Papua, officials said. A search for the plane was suspended and will resume Monday morning.

The Trigana Air Service plane was flying from Papua’s provincial capital, Jayapura, to the Papua city of Oksibil when it lost contact with OksibilR...

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