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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

Homicide Charge Filed Against Surviving Driver In Fatal Crash Charges have been filed against the surviving driver in a fatal two-car crash on Route 2 in early October. The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Oct. 21, that George Cortina, 62, of Turners Falls, is being charged with crimes connected to the Oct. 4 accident on Route 2 in Greenfield that left Jonathan Rohrs, 41, of Acton, and his dog dead. Cortina is to be arraigned on Monday, Oct. 26. He is being charged with: - Motor vehicle homicide; - Operating under the influence of drugs causing serious bodily injury; - Operating under the influence of drugs, second offense…

by Kristin Palpini

10/21/2020

Police & Fire

Rural WMass City Has Second Most Fid-carrying Gun-Owners In State - Top 10 List A rural Western Massachusetts city is second only to Boston in the number of residents authorized to carry rifles and shotguns. As of July, the Massachusetts Department of Criminal Justice Information Services reported that there are 390 people with active Firearms Identification Cards (FID Cards) in Westfield. Boston has 620 registered FID cardholders. To own a rifle or shotgun in Massachusetts, you need an FID card. To carry a handgun, you need a *license to carry (LTC). The FID card allows a person, age 15 or older, to carry non-large capacity rifles, shotguns, and ammunition. The card…

by Kristin Palpini

10/21/2020

News

Free Walk-Up Testing In Worcester - 3 Events This Week There are three free, walk-up COVID-19 testing clinics and resource fairs in Worcester this week, Oct. 18-24. As part of Massachusetts' Stop the Spread campaign, the city has teamed up with the UMass Memorial Healthcare COVID-19 Equity Task Force to offer free testing on Wednesday, Oct. 21; Thursday, Oct. 22; and Saturday, Oct. 24. Flu shots and information about community services will also be available at the events. No appointments are necessary to attend or for a free COVID-19 test. Flu shots will be available to people with health insurance. Free masks and hand sanitizer will b…

by Kristin Palpini

10/21/2020

News

Covid-19 Surges - 13 CT Cities/Towns Where 1,000 Or More Residents Are Infected There are 13 communities in Connecticut with 1,000 or more residents currently testing positive for COVID-19, according to the most recent state data, Wednesday, Oct. 21. COVID-19 positive test rates have increased across Connecticut recently. The daily positive test rate is at 3 percent - a high the state hasn’t seen since June. On Wednesday, new state tracking data revealed that there are 13 cities and towns where about 1,000-4,400 residents have confirmed COVID-19 infections. Among Connecticut municipalities, Bridgeport has the highest number of residents - 4,404 - sick with COVID-19.…

by Kristin Palpini

10/21/2020

Police & Fire

Arrested: Step-Father Allegedly Kept Son In Locked Closet At Night A step-father is facing child abuse charges after he allegedly forced his son to sleep in a closet for months among other abuses. On Oct. 16, police arrested Kaitlin E. Baptiste and Kevin Grant on warrants in connection with the long-term abuse of Grant’s step-child. It is not clear from the police report what Baptiste’s relationship to the child is. Baptiste and Grant live in the same home on Forest Street in Naugatuck. Naugatuck Police first received a report of child abuse on Oct. 1. Following an investigation, police allege that Grant made his step-son sleep in a locked closet for sever…

by Kristin Palpini

10/21/2020

Lifestyle

Photos Massachusetts Zoo Welcomes 4 Baby Animals In October A Massachusetts zoo is welcoming the rare birth of a baby boy gorilla - and the birth of a pygmy hippo, and tapir twins. This October the Franklin Park Zoo/Zoo New England in Franklin has announced four new baby animals all born there. The gorilla is the most recent addition. He was born on Oct. 14. His mother, a 39-year-old gorilla named Kiki, delivered the baby via C-section, due to complications in the days before the baby was born. Baby gorilla born Oct. 4New England Zoo The baby gorilla weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces at birth - a typical newborn gorilla weigh 3-5 pounds, the zoo sa…

by Kristin Palpini

10/21/2020

Police & Fire

Police Kill Pit Bull That Had Its Jaws Around A Woman's Neck Police fatally shot a pit bull who had its jaws around a woman’s neck on Tuesday, Oct. 20. “The Enfield Police Department wishes to stress that action such as this is taken only under extraordinary circumstances,” police said. On Tuesday, at around 4:30 p.m. police responded to a call for help on Spring Street in Enfield. Once there, Enfield Police said they saw a large dog, a pit bull, attacking a woman. An officer went to help the woman whose foot was allegedly being bitten by the dog. He noticed lacerations/tissue damage to her foot, police said. The dog’s owners were able to briefly s…

by Kristin Palpini

10/21/2020

Police & Fire

Abandoned New Haven Baby Released From Hospital The New Haven baby who was abandoned in a Dumpster last week has been released from the hospital. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, New Haven Police said around 4 p.m. that the 8-month-old baby girl that had been found in a Dumpster on Monday, Oct. 12, has been successfully treated and released from the hospital. She is now with members of her family, police said. It isn’t clear what exactly the baby was treated for, but police did say she had burn injuries when maintenance workers discovered her in the trash outside the Presidential Garden Apartments on Dixwell Avenue in New Haven. “As the child conti…

by Kristin Palpini

10/20/2020

News

VA Medical Director/Yale Professor Who Died Suddenly Was 'Bright,' 'Caring' The community is mourning the sudden death of a Yale professor and local doctor who was also the beloved medical director in the Veterans Affairs women's medical program. Dr. Jacqueline Rosemarie Satchell-Jones, 51,* died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 7, according to a written memorial by the Yale School for Medicine, where Satchell-Jones was a professor. Satchell-Jones became the medical director of the Connecticut VA Women Veterans Program, which oversees nearly 5,000 women veterans, in 2018. “She was identified by her peers as a bright, caring, and supportive colleague,” Yale sai…

by Kristin Palpini

10/20/2020

Police & Fire

Police ID Hotspots For Car Break-Ins, Thefts Car break-ins have gone up 50 percent in Worcester compared to this same time last year, according to police. Last September, 217 vehicles were reportedly broken into in Worcester, police said. In the previous year, September 2019, there had been 73 fewer car break-ins, police said, with 144 thefts reported. Thefts have been concentrated in a few areas, creating hotspots in the city, Worcester Police said. The city's car-crime hotspots include the Highland Street area and around St. Vincent’s Hospital. An emerging hotspot is developing in the Main South neighborhood, police said…

by Kristin Palpini

10/20/2020

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