State cuts jeopardizing public safety

WWLP - Fri Nov 06

It's your money -- and your safety -- and 22News is watching it. The economic recession coupled with lower than expected tax collections have forced Governor Deval Patrick to make massive cuts to the state budget.

Sting uncovers more than just massages

WWLP - Thu Nov 05

They are eight fewer places you can go to get a back rub in western Massachusetts.

Three charged with offering more than just massages

WGGB - Thu Nov 05

Three women arrested in massage parlor raids were in area courtrooms Thursday. Investigators believe the eight businesses raided are part of an organized crime ring out of New York.

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CBS 3 - Thu Nov 05

A massage parlor in Longmeadow is one of six Pioneer Valley shops shut down after police discovered it was a house of prostitution.

Sex trade arrests stun Hadley; neighbors react to raid on 'massage' businesses

Daily Hampshire Gazette - Thu Nov 05

Al Valenta, a tattoo artist at Loonar Tattoo in Hadley, and owner Amity Perman talk Thursday about Wednesday's police raids on two nearby massage businesses.

7 unlicensed massage parlors shut down

WWLP - Wed Nov 04

On Wednesday 7 massage parlors were shut down for being unlicensed, and 4 of those parlors face prostitution charges.

Police raid massage businesses across region

WGGB - Wed Nov 04

Police in six local communities teamed up with state police investigators and federal immigration agents to raid unlicensed massage parlors, some of which investigators say were a front for brothels.

Springfield shop owner indicted for 2008 murder near his store

WGGB - Mon Nov 02

Indictments have come down against a Springfield shop owner and another man a little more than a year after the 2008 shooting death of a 28-year-old man.

Residents refreshed from fall fall-back

WWLP - Sun Nov 01

Everybody in western Massachusetts should be feeling a bit more refreshed this Sunday.

Immaculate Conception Church remains open until June of 2010

MassLive.com - Sun Nov 01

Hundreds of parishioners and supporters erupted in applause when the Most Rev. Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell said Immaculate Conception Church, set to close Nov.