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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

Business
125-Year-Old Western Mass Hardware Shop Is Calling It Quits 125-Year-Old Western Mass Hardware Shop Is Calling It Quits
125-Year-Old Western Mass Hardware Shop Is Calling It Quits A 125-year-old hardware shop is going out of business in Western Massachusetts. Manchester Hardware in Easthampton announced on Labor Day, Sept. 7, that it would be holding a “retirement-store closing sale” Thursday, Sept. 10 through Wednesday, Sept. 16. “While I love this store and serving the community, I have reached a fork in the road,” said Carol Perman in a letter to her customers. Located on Union Street, in addition to retail items, the independent hardware store’s building is available for sale or lease. The business was founded in 1895. Manchester Hardware closed for a small …

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by Kristin Palpini
Business
Millionaires Shun Western/Central Massachusetts According to New Ranking Millionaires Shun Western/Central Massachusetts According to New Ranking
Millionaires Shun Western/Central Massachusetts According to New Ranking Showing a sharp divide between the financial influence of the Eastern and Western sides of Massachusetts, a ranking of communities with the most millionaires didn’t come within 50 miles of Western Massachusetts. Heck, the wealth didn’t even extend into Worcester County. A recent Boston Business Journal ranking of the top 25 Massachusetts municipalities with the most million-dollar earners didn’t include any communities from Western or Central Massachusetts. This matters because where there is wealth, there is influence and Western Massachusetts has a long history of paying the price of th…

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by Kristin Palpini
News
Viral Western Mass Gender Reveal Video Brings The Funny Viral Western Mass Gender Reveal Video Brings The Funny
Viral Western Mass Gender Reveal Video Brings The Funny A gender reveal party gone-wrong has put one Western Massachusetts couple in the national spotlight. There were two gender reveals that made the news this past weekend, Sept. 5-7: one that started a wildfire in California and the funny one the Cressottis made. Tom and Kristin Cressotti’s gender reveal party went viral when the Today Show did a segment on it earlier in the month. The video shows Tom and Kristin with their young daughter standing in a backyard holding large poppers - the kind where you pull a string and stuff explodes out of the top. Unfortunately for the Cressottis, they …

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by Kristin Palpini
News
First Day Of School Cancelled In Hartford; Students Were To Return To Class Tuesday, Sept. 8 First Day Of School Cancelled In Hartford; Students Were To Return To Class Tuesday, Sept. 8
First Day Of School Cancelled In Hartford; Students Were To Return To Class Tuesday, Sept. 8 Today was supposed to be the start of the new school year for many Hartford students. But a ransomware attack has delayed the beginning of the academic year. In a letter home to parents, Hartford Public School District administrators said that there would be no in-person or online learning today, Tuesday, Sept. 8. The ransomware “caused an outage of critical system and restoration of those systems are not complete,” the letter said. It is unclear when classes will resume.

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by Kristin Palpini
News
COVID-19: Where Are The Hot Spots? Town Trends, Rates - Worcester County, Sept. COVID-19: Where Are The Hot Spots? Town Trends, Rates - Worcester County, Sept.
Covid-19: Where Are The Hot Spots? Town Trends, Rates - Worcester County, Sept. COVID-19 positive test rates are down in most Worcester County communities - including the City of Worcester, which had its fourth straight week of declining cases, according to the most recent state information available. The 14-day positive test rate in Worcester is down to 0.8 from a high of 2.5 just about a month ago (Aug. 5). There are some other communities that saw significant declines while others shot up. Barre had a positive test case for the first time in weeks. Test rates are up in Blackstone, Douglas, Holden, and Northbridge. Northbridge has the highest rate of the four with 1.…

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by Kristin Palpini
Business
New Addiction Treatment Center Coming To Central Mass City In Fall New Addiction Treatment Center Coming To Central Mass City In Fall
New Addiction Treatment Center Coming To Central Mass City In Fall An addiction treatment center with five facilities in Western Mass is expanding further East with a new program for Fitchburg. SaVida Health has plans to open a treatment center in October in the Fitchburg area. SaVida is an outpatient medication-assisted treatment center for opioid and alcohol addiction. The group has facilities in West Springfield, Worcester, Pittsfield, North Adams, and - starting Sept. 14 - Greenfield.  It isn’t clear where the treatment center would be located - the company mentioned the Fitchburg location in a press release about the new Greenfield center. SaVida…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Connecticut Man Accused Of Killing Ex During Custody Battle Is Captured Connecticut Man Accused Of Killing Ex During Custody Battle Is Captured
Connecticut Man Accused Of Killing Ex During Custody Battle Is Captured Police have arrested a man who is being charged with murdering his ex less than a week ago. The man allegedly killed 20-year-old Rosali Violet Acquefreda during an ongoing child custody fight for their 3-year-old son, according to the New York Post. Andre LeFrancois, 22, of Ansonia, was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 2, and charged with murder and risk of injury to a minor, police said. He is being held on a $750,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned in Milford Superior Court the following day. Acquerfreda was killed on Saturday, Aug. 30. On that day, police thought they were going to th…

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Police & Fire
Parking Lot Full Of Cars In Flames; Cause Unknown Parking Lot Full Of Cars In Flames; Cause Unknown
Parking Lot Full Of Cars In Flames; Cause Unknown Firefighters responded to a report of a parking lot full of cars on fire Saturday, Sept. 5 in Hartford County. Berlin Firefighters responded to 525 Christian Lane at around 1:20 a.m. for reports of numerous automobiles on fire within the locked storage lot, Copart - an online vehicle auction firm. When they arrived 15-20 motor vehicles were fully involved in a fire, firefighters said.  It took more than three hours to clear the scene. Four local fire departments - New Britain, Kensington, Cromwell, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection- came together …

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News
2020's Best Weekends To See Peak Fall Foliage in Massachusetts, Connecticut 2020's Best Weekends To See Peak Fall Foliage in Massachusetts, Connecticut
2020's Best Weekends To See Peak Fall Foliage in Massachusetts, Connecticut Leaf-peepers get ready: We’re about to get into the fall foliage season and the best weekend to see nature’s changing colors. This year’s peak fall foliage for most of Western Massachusetts, Worcester County, and Northwestern Connecticut is mid-October. Peak foliage sightings should be around the weekend of the Saturday, Oct. 10, and Saturday, Oct. 17, according to Weather.com. Southern Worcester County and the eastern parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut can expect peak fall foliage in late-October. The best weekends to peep these changing leaves will be Saturday, Oct. 24, and Saturday…

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Business
Companies To Invest More Than $100 Million In Worcester Bio-Manufacturing Park Companies To Invest More Than $100 Million In Worcester Bio-Manufacturing Park
Companies To Invest More Than $100 Million In Worcester Bio-Manufacturing Park Galaxy Life Sciences has plans to build a $50 million research and development space in a central Massachusetts biomanufacturing park, The Reactory. This brings recent investment in the park up to $110 million as China-based WuXi Biologics’ also announced plans for the Worcester industrial area. The company announced earlier this year that it is going to build a $60 million facility set to open in 2022, according to EndPoints News. This major investment further establishes Massachusetts as a major player in the biomanufacturing industry.  Galaxy develops biomanufacturing spaces and ha…

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