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Kristin Palpini

Managing Editor CT/WMa

kpalpini@dailyvoice.com

Kristin is a journalist with nearly 20 years experience reporting and editing in Massachusetts. She got her start in the field at The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, MA, where she rose to the rank of web editor. She’s been the editor in chief of the Valley Advocate, an alternative weekly newspaper also out of Northampton, and creator and editor of the award-winning Berkshire Eagle’s Business Insider (Pittsfield, MA.). Kristin is dedicated to rooting out the truth as well as the juicy details that come along with it. She also enjoys saying “y'all” far too often for someone who was born in the Bay State and kayaking. She was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Kristin Palpini's Contributions

Police & Fire

Fiance Desperately Fundraising $10,000 Reward For Information On Girlfriend's Killer A grieving fiance is raising money to offer a reward for information on his girlfriend’s killer. Jennifer Hicks, 20, of Springfield, was fatally shot in a commuter parking lot in Manchester, Connecticut, on Aug. 2. Police said the killing was not random, according to The Hartford Courant. Hicks was killed over a weekend that saw three double shootings in Manchester, Bridgeport, and New London. Hicks’ fiance Joshua Saylor, of Chicopee, has started a GoFundMe campaign so he can offer a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest for what happened that night in the Buckland Hills …

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

Police & Fire

Latin Kings 'Judge' Pleads Guilty To Racketeering A “judge” within the Latin Kings' Crown Council pleaded guilty to racketeering, Tuesday, Sept. 15, in U.S. District Court. Hector “King Demon” Vega, 34, was arrested in 2019 along with 61 other gang leaders in a major sweep of the region. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly known as RICO conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut, said. The Latin Kings is a national, well-organized street gang with its own laws, government, justice system, and treasury. While investigating the gang, law enfor…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

News

Walloped By Covid-19, CT City Seeks $365K For Contact Tracing A city walloped by COVID-19 is seeking $365,000 from the state to pay for virus detection and tracking. Meriden is requesting funding from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams said. The city is among those in the state with the highest infection rates, according to state data. More than 1,000 cases of COVID-19 infection have been confirmed in Meriden and there have been about 80 deaths, she said. Meriden would use the funding to hire a temporary contact tracing assistant who would track local contacts with infected people. It would also pay for more hour…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

Police & Fire

Evidence In 'Plain View' Ends In Arrest Of Suspected Weed Dealer Police didn’t have to look very hard for a reason to arrest a 19-year-old Worcester man on Monday, Sept. 14. Worcester Police said much of the evidence they needed to make an arrest was in plain view. Kristo Nestiano, 19, of Worcester, was arrested on assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of ammunition without an FID Card, and possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute, police said. At around 6:45 p.m. on Monday, Worcester Police were called to the Fiske Street area for a report of a gun. Nestiano allegedly approached two people, brandished a gun, pointed it at them,…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

Police & Fire

Two Days After Painting, Black Lives Matter Mural Vandalized In Western Mass The Black Lives Mural painted over the weekend has been vandalized. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, who participated in painting the mural on Saturday, Sept. 12, said he is “disheartened” by the desecration of the mural on Court Street. The mural - tall yellow letters that spell out Black Lives Matters in all capitals - was defaced by apparent “burn out” from tires, Sarno said. Police are reviewing video footage taken in the area and investigating the vandalism. “We will find out who did this and the individual(s) will be held responsible,” Sarno said. The mural will be repaired by cit…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

News

$100 Fine For Not Wearing A Mask Coming Soon To Connecticut Not wearing a face mask in Connecticut could cost you $100 - and the punishment is more likely to be doled out now than ever before. On Monday, Sept. 14, Gov. Ned Lamont said local police will have the authority to ticket people who fail to wear masks in public - a state requirement to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. There are three levels of fines: $100 for not wearing a mask $250 for attending an event that exceeds the size limits (in most cases 50 or more attendants) $500 for organizing an event that exceeds size limits. Up until recently, it was difficult to stop someone fro…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

Police & Fire

15 Years Later, Conviction Vacated Due To Evidence Tampering Convictions are still being up-ended nearly 15 years after a Massachusetts drug lab chemist was found to be falsifying results. Earlier this September, a superior court judge ordered a new trial for a man convicted of heroin possession in 2006. The judge said this is necessary because Massachusetts did not fully investigate problems at one of its law enforcement labs. Thousands of cases have already been dismissed or reopened due to the Boston crime lab scandal. From 2003-2005, lab technician Sonja Farak doctored test results to hide her own habit of ingesting drugs that were sent to her fo…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

Police & Fire

More Than 50 Complaints Filed Against City's Police In 2019 More complaints were filed against Worcester Police officers last year than 2018. Still, it was fewer than the average number of complaints filed with the city. At a Human Rights Commission meeting Monday. Sept. 14, Worcester Police said that there had been 53 complaints made against officers in 2019, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. There were 44 in 2018. Over the past seven years, the department averages about 70 complaints per year. Only one of the complaints was filed by a police officer, the rest were from citizens. The areas with the most complaints against officer…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

News

Covid-19: More Than 12 Connecticut School Districts Close Buildings More than a dozen Connecticut schools have been temporarily closed due to COVID-19. The tally comes on the heels of Gov. Ned Lamont’s Monday, Sept. 14, comment, that schools should not close for a single COVID-19 infection. Some of the schools that close did so after a single case, others had discovered multiple cases. Some schools have scrapped plans for in-person classes and went for a fully remote education. Here are the school districts, according to Patch, that have temporarily closed one or more school buildings: Bridgeport East Hartford Hartford Killingly Manchester Naugatuc…

by Kristin Palpini

09/15/2020

Business

CVS Developers At Odds With Small Town Seeking To 'Save' Its History A proposed CVS with Drive-Thru has irked some residents of a small Massachusetts community enough to start a petition to “save” downtown. Arista Development is proposing to build a 12,850-square-foot CVS with a drive-thru on four lots bounded by High, Main, and Pleasant streets in Spencer. The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on the proposal Sept. 29, in the Town Hall on Main Street at 7 p.m. The meeting will be conducted in-person and remotely to accommodate for COVID-19 distancing. A petition against the development was placed on Change.org months ago in an effort to s…

by Kristin Palpini

09/14/2020

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