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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.

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Business
Pot City: Western Mass Community Has More Marijuana Licenses Than Anywhere Else In State Pot City: Western Mass Community Has More Marijuana Licenses Than Anywhere Else In State
Pot City: Western Mass Community Has More Marijuana Licenses Than Anywhere Else In State City efforts to court the burgeoning marijuana industry appear to have worked for Holyoke; the city has more marijuana establishment licenses than anywhere else in the state. Holyoke has completed 40 weed business applications, according to a Boston Business Journal analysis. A total of 841 marijuana business license applications have been submitted to the Cannabis Control Commission from 2016, when marijuana became legal in Massachusetts, through July 9. The first cannabis retailer in Massachusetts opened in November 2018. Not all of the marijuana industry businesses with applications from…

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News
COVID-19: UConn Football Calls Time Out After Players Contract Virus COVID-19: UConn Football Calls Time Out After Players Contract Virus
Covid-19: UConn Football Calls Time Out After Players Contract Virus The UConn Football team has called for a time-out after six of its players came down with COVID-19. The University of Connecticut announced Thursday, Aug. 20, that the football players had tested positive for COVID-19 and that the students are in quarantine. “We feel that temporarily pausing football activities is the best course of action for the team and the campus,” said David Benedict, UConn’s director of athletics. Players not in quarantine will continue some training while observing social distancing. Many fall college and university sports teams are deciding to postpone games or c…

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Business
Lord & Taylor Closing 24 Department Stores Mostly In CT, NY, NJ, MA Lord & Taylor Closing 24 Department Stores Mostly In CT, NY, NJ, MA
Lord & Taylor Closing 24 Department Stores Mostly In CT, NY, NJ, MA Department Store chain Lord & Taylor has announced the closure of 24 more of its stores - many of them located in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Lord & Taylor filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in August. The retail giant, which was established in 1826, joins other chains that couldn’t survive the tragic COVID-19 economy. Other bigs that are closing shops across the country include J.C. Penny, Pier One, and Brooks Brothers. So far this year, 6,000 department stores in the U.S. have been permanently closed, according to Coresight Research. The local Lord & …

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Police & Fire
Firefighters Battling Connecticut Landfill Blaze Firefighters Battling Connecticut Landfill Blaze
Firefighters Battling Connecticut Landfill Blaze Firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out at the Manchester landfill Thursday, Aug. 20, sometime before 7:30 a.m. The fire has spread to brush and debris, Manchester firefighters said. The Westside of Manchester will likely see a lot of smoke, the firefighters said. There are currently no health concerns, but putting out the fire will likely take a while, firefighters said. It is not yet clear what started the fire. This story is being updated. 

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Police & Fire
Three Months Before Murder, Woman Found In Woods Tried To Get Restraining Order Three Months Before Murder, Woman Found In Woods Tried To Get Restraining Order
Three Months Before Murder, Woman Found In Woods Tried To Get Restraining Order A doctor has been indicted for the murder of his wife whose body was found in an outdoor area not far from the couple’s home. Ingolf Tuerk, 58, of Dover, Massachusetts, was indicted on Thursday, Aug. 20, and is being charged in the murder of 45-year-old Kathleen McLean, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said. Tuerk will be arraigned next week, the DA said. He is being held without bail. McLean’s remains were discovered, *May 16, by police.  Trouble between the couple became public in March when McLean called the Dover-Sherborn Press to talk about her fear of Tuerk and how the sy…

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Business
COVID-19: Bradley Airport Flights Down By 90 Percent - Airline Makes Cuts COVID-19: Bradley Airport Flights Down By 90 Percent - Airline Makes Cuts
Covid-19: Bradley Airport Flights Down By 90 Percent - Airline Makes Cuts In light of COVID-19 travel restrictions, flights at Bradley International Airport are down by 90 percent compared to this time last year. By May of last year, the airport had seen 302,763 boarding passengers since the start of 2019. In 2020, so far there have been 27,941 boarding passengers, according to the airport’s flight logs. This plunge in flights has led Southwest Airlines to cut direct flights from the Windsor Locks airport to other locations - except for Baltimore and Chicago. The change takes place in September. The change in flight availability is temporary. Southwest’s number…

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Police & Fire
Hartford Dealer Busted With 9,700 Bags Of Heroin Gets 6 Years In Prison Hartford Dealer Busted With 9,700 Bags Of Heroin Gets 6 Years In Prison
Hartford Dealer Busted With 9,700 Bags Of Heroin Gets 6 Years In Prison A Maple Avenue drug dealer has been sentenced to 6 years in federal prison on drug and firearm charges. Francisco “Gordo” Leon, 41, of Hartford was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 19, to 72 months in prison and three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said. Police began investigating in June 2019 when they got a tip 777 Maple Ave. was a drug house. After making a controlled purchase of narcotics, police obtained a court-authorized search of Leon’s apartment. In Leon’s apartment on July 9, 2019, police found 9,700 bags of heroin and a loaded handgun, the At…

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Police & Fire
Cause of Worcester Main Street Fire Identified Cause of Worcester Main Street Fire Identified
Cause of Worcester Main Street Fire Identified A fire that ripped through businesses in the Webster Square area on Tuesday, Aug. 18, is being blamed on illegal welding. Someone was using a welder without a permit in a Quonset hut, a semi-circle steel building at 1094-96 Main Street, firefighters said. There were two vehicles in the hut. A one-story commercial building caught fire around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The building has been demolished. It had housed Prestige Tax & Travel Promotions, Speedzone Motor Sports, King Smoke Shop, and Vick's Cell Phone & Repair.

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Police & Fire
RANKED: Hartford's Most And Least Dangerous Neighborhoods RANKED: Hartford's Most And Least Dangerous Neighborhoods
Ranked: Hartford's Most And Least Dangerous Neighborhoods The Hartford neighborhood with the highest number of crimes reported to police is Asylum Hill - where over 68,000 possible crimes have been reported to the city's police since 2005. Following closely behind in the high-crime count is the Northeast neighborhood with 68,493 crimes reported to Hartford Police over the last 15 years. The data comes from the Connecticut Data Portal's public safety statistics. The number of crimes reported in Asylum Hill and Northeast neighborhoods makes up 20 percent of overall crimes reported to police, 2005-2020. The most common crime reported was property d…

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Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Shooting, Running Over Springfield Teen Turns Self In To Authorities Man Accused Of Shooting, Running Over Springfield Teen Turns Self In To Authorities
Man Accused Of Shooting, Running Over Springfield Teen Turns Self In To Authorities A man accused of shooting and then running over a Springfield teenager has turned himself into the courts, Springfield Police said. Anthony Eberhart, 40, of Springfield, went to the Hampden Hall of Justice, the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 19, and was arrested on a warrant. Eberhart is being charged with murder, carrying a loaded firearm with a license, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, police said. Eberhart’s arrest stems from an incident on Friday, Aug. 14, in a discount liquor store parking lot on Central Street. Eberhart then allegedly got into an argument with Just…

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