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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

Self-Defense? Video Of Basketball Star's Death May Contradict Suspect's Story The man accused of fatally shooting a young, basketball star said he fired in self-defense after the victim allegedly became enraged by the man’s laughter. Video footage of the incident, though, appears to dispute this. Court documents that were recently released reveal the shooter’s side of the story as well as witness statements and the contents of surveillance video. Jason Stone, 33, of East Hartford, said he shot Albertus Magnus basketball player Jaquawn Walters, of Hartford, 24, following a drug deal. Surveillance video appears to show Walters walking backward away from Stone.…

by Kristin Palpini

09/28/2020

Business

Weed Delivery Coming To Massachusetts You can get just about anything delivered to your home in Massachusetts - except marijuana. But that could soon change. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has approved draft regulations that would allow for weed delivery. Under the proposed laws, there would be two types of cannabis companies that could do deliveries: limited delivery licenses and wholesale delivery licenses. If approved people with wholesale delivery licenses would be allowed to purchase marijuana at wholesale prices from cultivators, cooperatives, manufacturers, and microbusinesses to sell individual orders…

by Kristin Palpini

09/28/2020

Police & Fire

Suspect Who Tried To Pull Woman Off Main Street In Court Today Police have arrested a man accused of attempting to grab a woman off Main Street in an apparent kidnapping attempt. He is expected to go before a judge on Monday, Sept. 28. Springfield Police received a report on Friday, Sept. 25, around 1 p.m. that within the 1800 block of Main Street there was an attempted kidnapping, police said. A man aggressively approached a woman and tried to grab her, police said, but did not succeed. The woman was not injured and did not know the man, who took off in his car once he had failed to grab the woman, police said. Police officers went after the car a…

by Kristin Palpini

09/28/2020

Police & Fire

Truck Slams Into Police Station In Apparent Jail-Break Attempt A stolen truck crashed into a police station on Saturday, Sept. 26, in an apparent attempt to spring a prisoner. At around 5 a.m., a truck careened into the Worcester Police Station near the entrance to the cell room, police said. No one was injured, or freed, in the crash. Significant damage was caused to the cell room, police said. Upon investigation, police discovered that the truck had been stolen from the St. Vincent Hospital parking lot. Louis Diamond, 32, of Worcester, has been arrested on the charges of larceny of a motor vehicle, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, receiving…

by Kristin Palpini

09/28/2020

Police & Fire

Teen Missing For Over A Year Discovered With 50 Pounds Of Marijuana Police discovered a teen who had been missing for more than a year and 50 pounds of marijuana following a report of shots fired near a playground. On Friday, Sept. 25, Sudbury Police responded around 2:30 p.m. to a report of someone possibly firing a handgun in an apartment parking lot complex on Boston Post Road. When police arrived they allegedly found a bunch of people in a vehicle taking turns to fire a replica gun, police said. In plain sight, officers allegedly saw a large amount of marijuana in the car, police said, as well as scales, money, and boxes of THC edibles. “Not only did…

by Kristin Palpini

09/28/2020

Police & Fire

Shelter-In-Place Order Given For Parts Of Chicopee The Chicopee Police have ordered the evacuation of homes and issued a stay-in-place order for others as the department prepares to dispose of recently discovered “energetic materials.” The orders are to be observed Friday, Sept. 25, 7-10 p.m., police said. Police discovered the energetic materials on Thursday, Sept. 24 on Summer Street and will dispose of them in a controlled burn tonight, police said. “You may hear a loud noise, which may also be associated with this event,” police said. “The situation should be resolved by the end of the night." Nearby homes on Summer Street have …

by Kristin Palpini

09/25/2020

Police & Fire

Police Searching Connecticut River For Body Police are searching for a body in the Connecticut River. Hartford Police said at 1:40 p.m. that the city’s Marine Division was on their way to the Hartford side of the river to investigate reports of a body in the river. This story will be updated as more information is released.

by Kristin Palpini

09/25/2020

Police & Fire

Gun Shop Owner Admits To Selling/Owning Illegal Firearms - Including Homemade Machinegun The co-owner of a local gun shop has admitted to owning and/or selling illegal machineguns and other banned firearms. Max T. Gaj, 29, of Belchertown and co-owner of Dark Horse Gunsmithing in South Hadley, pleaded guilty on Friday, Sept. 25, to receipt and possession of unregistered firearms, receipt, and possession of National Firearm Act (NFA) firearms not identified by serial number, making a firearm in violation of the NFA, selling firearms in violation of state and local laws, as well as making false entries and properly maintaining records, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Massac…

by Kristin Palpini

09/25/2020

Business

Rooftop Lounging Proposed For Downtown Worcester Worcester’s downtown could be getting a rooftop lounge right across from City Hall. The Midtown Mall developer has proposed updates to the building including a glass facade and a rooftop lounge. The developer is Felicio Lana, who purchased the Front Street building for $4 million in 2019. The plan is to have a first-floor market and a rooftop lounge, according to the Worcester Business Journal. Lana’s plans were detailed at a meeting with the Worcester Redevelopment Authority on Friday, Sept. 25. This is not Lana’s first redevelopment project in the city. He owns some buildin…

by Kristin Palpini

09/25/2020

Police & Fire

AG Charges 2 Holyoke Soldiers' Home Supervisors Over Wave Of Covid-19 Deaths Two Holyoke Soldiers’ Home supervisors are being charged in connection to a wave of COVID-19 related deaths that swept through the hospital in March. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced on Friday, Sept. 25, the charges against hospital former Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director Dr. David Clinton. Walsh and Clinton are facing the same charges: 5 counts each of criminal neglect and five counts each of serious bodily injury, Healey said. Healey said the charges are the result of a few particular alleged actions when COVID-19 positive residents were inter…

by Kristin Palpini

09/25/2020

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