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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

News

Life Boat Spotted: Fishing Ship Sunk Off Massachusetts Coast The Coast Guard is searching for the crew of a small fishing ship that appears to have sunk. On Monday, Nov. 23, the U.S. Coast Guard said it is continuing to search for four fishermen who went missing about 20 miles off the northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, according to WTNH. A distress call came from the 82-foot Emmy Rose sometimes around 1 a.m. At the time, the owner said there were four people aboard the ship. Coast Guard immediately launched a Jayhawk helicopter to search out of the Cape Cod station. Upon arrival at the last known location of the Emmy Rose, there wasn’t anyth…

by Kristin Palpini

11/23/2020

News

Guitar Center Files For Bankruptcy Guitar Center, a mecca for new and used, affordable musical instruments, has filed for bankruptcy. On Saturday, Nov. 21, the retail chain - and the largest seller of musical equipment in the U.S., said it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to MarketWatch. Guitar Center plans to keep its U.S. 300 stores open during the bankruptcy process. The filing is expected to help Guitar Center reduce its debt by $800 million. As is the case with many recent bankruptcy filings, Guitar Center said economic restrictions brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic have negatively affected bus…

by Kristin Palpini

11/23/2020

Politics

Covid-19: US Congressman In Connecticut Tests Positive For Virus A Connecticut Congressman recently announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. On Sunday, Nov. 22, U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) said that he was inadvertently exposed sometime last week by someone who was unknowingly carrying the virus. U.S. Rep. Courtney's Second District includes much of the eastern part of the state and includes most if not all of Tolland, Windham, and New London counties as well as parts of New Haven, Middlesex, and Hartford counties. Following news that he may have been exposed, Courtney, a Democrat, said he went into self-quarantine and took a …

by Kristin Palpini

11/23/2020

Police & Fire

Update: 18-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murdering 17-Year-Old Police are charging an 18-year-old boy with murder for the killing of a 17-year-old boy earlier this year. On Friday, Nov. 20, police arrested Messiah Amankwah, 18, of Worcester and charged with murder in the shooting death of a boy in October, police said. *A second man has been charged in connection to the killing. On Saturday, Nov. 21, police arrested Lopez Carrasco, 23, of Spencer, and charged him with accessory after the fact to murder, police said. The shooting happened on Oct. 24 around 8:30 p.m. Police were called to the Wendy’s on Park Avenue and found a boy who had been shot. The…

by Kristin Palpini

11/23/2020

Police & Fire

Murder Charges Filed Against City Man For Deadly, Double-Shooting After months of investigation, a suspect has been arrested in the killing of two people who were shot as they sat in a car at a Connecticut parking lot. Gregory Chrichlow, 21, of Springfield, has been arrested and faces two murder charges in connection with the August killing of Jennifer Hicks, 20, of Springfield, and Gregory Scott, 24, according to the Associated Press. Motivated by a gang feud, Chrichlow allegedly shot Hicks and Scott following a 34-mile race down I-91 from Springfield, Massachusetts, to Manchester, Connecticut. The shooting happened on Aug. 2. State Police responded to …

by Kristin Palpini

11/23/2020

Police & Fire

University Student Football Player Killed At House Party A freshman member of the Fitchburg State University football team was killed at a house party while he was home visiting friends. Desmond Clayton, 19, originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was fatally shot multiple times and died at a hospital on Friday, Nov. 20, according to the Tulsa Police Department. Fitchburg State University described Clayton as an “outgoing member of the team whose big personality would light up any room.” "Our campus community mourns the untimely passing of Desmond Clayton, a first-year student, and member of our football team," the university said. "We have been in tou…

by Kristin Palpini

11/23/2020

News

Massachusetts Among Safest States To Celebrate Thanksgiving Whether you plan to attend a gathering or not, a new study says Massachusetts is one of the safest states in the country in which to celebrate Thanksgiving. Massachusetts was among the top 10 safest states to spend Thanksgiving during the COVID-19 pandemic - ranked No. 7 overall. The safest place in the U.S. to enjoy Thanksgiving is Vermont. The study was done by WalletHub, an online financial service provider, and compares all 50 states on metrics that include the state’s response to COVID-19, virus incident rates, deaths-related to COVID-19 per capita, crime rate, and fatal November drivi…

by Kristin Palpini

11/21/2020

Business

Bomb Threat Closes Mall, Target A bomb threat closed the mall, including the city’s Target on Friday, Nov. 20. On Friday, around 11:20 a.m., police received a report of a vague bomb threat directed at the Enfield Square Mall. The threat had been called into a store in the Square, police said. Enfield Police were told that "there was a bomb somewhere in the Enfield Square” - a large area to search. As a measure of caution, Enfield Square and Target were evacuated while police conducted a search to find any explosives or other such hazards, police said. Explosives-detecting K-9s and Homeland Security were also brought in t…

by Kristin Palpini

11/20/2020

News

Manager Who Tried Using Drug-Dealing Profits To Start A Restaurant, Sentenced A restaurant manager has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for trying to use drug-sale profits to open a Worcester restaurant. Joseph Herman, 37, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 20, by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 22 months in prison and one year of supervised release, according to the U.S. States Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. He will also forfeit an undetermined amount of money in the future. Herman was the last of three defendants charged in connection with the money-laundering scheme to be sentenced. Herman admitted to a plan to use profits generated by h…

by Kristin Palpini

11/20/2020

Police & Fire

130mph Car Chase On I-84 Ends In Crash; K9 Cop Finds Drugs State Police K9 Kody found 80 grams of cocaine under a pile of leaves as police stopped an NYC couple from allegedly delivering coke to Central Mass. The incident unfolded on Thursday, Nov. 19, at around 1:18 p.m. on Interstate 84 in Charlton when a Massachusetts State Police Trooper attempted to pull over a dark-blue Honda Accord that was allegedly speeding and weaving in and out of traffic, police said. The 2015 Accord was registered in North Carolina and the driver allegedly did not stop and tried to escape police by driving at speeds up to 130 mph. The Accord pulled off 84 at Exit 3A o…

by Kristin Palpini

11/20/2020

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