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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
Hartford Man Gets Over 5 Years In Prison For Heroin, Fentanyl Sales Hartford Man Gets Over 5 Years In Prison For Heroin, Fentanyl Sales
Hartford Man Gets Over 5 Years In Prison For Heroin, Fentanyl Sales A Hartford drug trafficker has been sentenced to over five years in prison for the sale of heroin and fentanyl. Victor “Domi” Perdomo, 35, of Hartford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distirbute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and 40 grams or more of fentanyl. On Friday, Aug. 7, Perdomo was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut. The prison sentence stems from an investigation that launched in August, 2017, according to court docuemnts. Law enforcement of…

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Business
COVID-19: Economic Re-Opening Rolled Back In Massachusetts COVID-19: Economic Re-Opening Rolled Back In Massachusetts
Covid-19: Economic Re-Opening Rolled Back In Massachusetts Massachusetts is rolling back its economic re-opening plans as COVID-19 infection rates rise. On Friday, Aug. 7, Gov. Charlie Baker said that Massachusetts will: - Reduce the limit on outdoors gatherings from 100 to 50 people (indoor gatherings limit will remain at 25 people); - Rescind the ability of restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks to go; - And require face coverings where more than 10 people from different households will be mixing. The new rules will be applied to public and private gatherings. They go into effect Tuesday, Aug. 11. State and local law enforcement officials will…

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Police & Fire
Milford Addiction Specialist Accused Of Selling Illegal Drugs To Patients Milford Addiction Specialist Accused Of Selling Illegal Drugs To Patients
Milford Addiction Specialist Accused Of Selling Illegal Drugs To Patients The owner of Novel Psychopharmacology in Milford - a psychiatrist who treats opioid and alcohol addiction - is being charged in an international money laundering scheme involving the importation of illegal drugs. Rahim Shafa, 62, and his wife Nahid “Nina” Tormosi Shafa, 62, were each indicted on Friday, Aug. 7, on charges of international money laundering conspiracy. Rahim Shafa was also charged with three counts of money laundering, receiving and delivering misbranded drugs with an intent to defraud and mislead, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and three counts of importing merchan…

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Business
Worcester, Springfield Make List Of 30 U.S. Metros With Highest Unemployment Rates Worcester, Springfield Make List Of 30 U.S. Metros With Highest Unemployment Rates
Worcester, Springfield Make List Of 30 U.S. Metros With Highest Unemployment Rates Worcester, Springfield, and Pittsfield made the list of United States metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment since COVID-19 hit. The Worcester metropolitan region, which contains parts of Connecticut, just made the list. It was ranked 27th out of the 30 metros with the highest unemployment rates. (The higher the ranking, the lower the unemployment rate.) More than 15 percent of workers in the area are unemployed, according to a 24/7 WallStreet analysis. Since January, the region has shed over 55,000 jobs. The national unemployment rate is 11.1 percent. The Boston metro area ra…

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Police & Fire
Fried Electric Wires Lead To Weed Worth $3 Million In Western Mass Fried Electric Wires Lead To Weed Worth $3 Million In Western Mass
Fried Electric Wires Lead To Weed Worth $3 Million In Western Mass Thousands of marijuana plants worth millions of dollars were discovered in Savoy after a power company went out to fix an electrical issue in the area. As the Eversource employees tried to gain access to the Jackson Road property, a man allegedly stuffed an envelope full of $100 bills into one of the employee’s pockets and shooed them away, police said. Yebin Mai, 28, of Staten Island, New York; and Bin Huang, 32, of Brooklyn, New York, were arrested on probable cause related to the large-scale marijuana grow operation, police said. The weed police found at the Savoy grow house has a stree…

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Business
Town-by-Town: 350 Employee COVID-19 Complaints Filed Against WMass, Worcester Co.s Town-by-Town: 350 Employee COVID-19 Complaints Filed Against WMass, Worcester Co.s
Town-by-Town: 350 Employee Covid-19 Complaints Filed Against WMass, Worcester Co.s Massachusetts has received hundreds of employee complaints alleging their workplaces are not meeting state safety and compensation standards during COVID-19. In March, the Massachusetts Attorney General started tracking worker complaints related to COVID-19. As of Friday, Aug. 7, Massachusetts workers had filed about 350 complaints against employers. The most heavily represented industry on the list is hospitals/nursing homes - over 50 complaints. The most common complaint was the nonpayment of wages. Of the complaints, 38 said they were retaliated against for coming forward with a grievan…

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News
COVID-19: Food Prices Are Up - Some Items By As Much As 25 Percent COVID-19: Food Prices Are Up - Some Items By As Much As 25 Percent
Covid-19: Food Prices Are Up - Some Items By As Much As 25 Percent Food prices at grocery stores have increased by an average of 5.6 percent compared to the same time period last year. It’s another way COVID-19 has changed the economy, according to the latest price index provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. Some food prices have increased more than others. Only the price of fresh fruit seems to have gone down. The food product that saw the highest hike in price is beef and veal, followed by pork and eggs, according to the most recent information available from the USDA. Beef and veal are 25 percent more expensive in June 2020 than …

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Police & Fire
Middletown Domestic Violence Murder Suspect Captured in Georgia; Bond Set To $1.5M Middletown Domestic Violence Murder Suspect Captured in Georgia; Bond Set To $1.5M
Middletown Domestic Violence Murder Suspect Captured in Georgia; Bond Set To $1.5M A man accused of stabbing his significant other to death has been arrested in Georgia. William Bigaud, Jr., 37, allegedly fled the state after a woman was found dead in a Green Street apartment in Middletown on June 8. Police said her death stemmed from a “domestic violence” incident. Two days after the killing, Bigaud was located in Georgia, police said, and transported back to Connecticut. He is being held on $1.5 million bond and will make a court appearance Friday,, Aug. 7. Bigaud is being charged with: risk of injury to a child, home invasion class A felony, and murder.

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News
Pot Shop Hit With $120K Fine For Selling Dirty 'Star Dawg' Pot Shop Hit With $120K Fine For Selling Dirty 'Star Dawg'
Pot Shop Hit With $120K Fine For Selling Dirty 'Star Dawg' Marijuana dispensary Revolutionary Clinics of Fitchburg has been hit with a $120,000 fine for violating state law around the quality of weed vaporizer cartridges. Revolutionary Clinics sold vaporizer cartridges  - infused with a Star Dawg strain of cannabis - that failed laboratory testing, on Dec. 24, 2018, and Feb. 26, 2019, according to a June letter of enforcement from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. The cartridges failed because they contained too much ethanol, the CCC said.  The letter cited the dispensary on three violations of the state's cannabis laws.…

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News
COVID-19: Where To Get Tested In Hampshire County COVID-19: Where To Get Tested In Hampshire County
Covid-19: Where To Get Tested In Hampshire County The number of places providing COVID-19 testing has expanded over the last week as Massachusetts and surrounding states pass travel restrictions for people coming in from out of state. A lot of testing places will provide free tests to people with no health care insurance, according to the Massachusetts COVID-19 online resource center. Some places require an appointment to take a test; it’s best to call ahead. Depending on the kind of test a person gets - SARS Antigen, PCR or anti-body - makes a difference as to whether a health care insurance provider will cover the cost or not. It also m…

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