Greenfield, Oct. 22, Judge Laurie MacLeod Michael A. Perry, 32, of Colrain Road, Greenfield. Pleaded guilty to operating with suspended license, subsequent offense, sentenced to 90 days in the house of correction, concurrent with sentence in another case. Must pay legal counsel fee of $150. Roy M. Beaudoin, 77, of Sunrise Terrace, Turners Falls. Pleaded innocent to crosswalk violation and leaving the scene of personal injury, in Greenfield, released on personal recognizance, continued to 12/14/14 for pretrial conference. David K. Navedo, 21, of Swamp Road, Whately. Charge of shoplifting, at Adam and Eve store on Main Street in Greenfield, to be dismissed on payment of on payment of $25 restoration, to be paid by 10/24/14.
Published: 3/5/2021 3:54:32 PM
In August 2016, Huntington, West Virginia made headlines when it suffered 27 heroin overdoses in four hours.
Even in a state with the highest drug overdose death rate in the country, that day stood out as a catastrophe, becoming a kind of call to arms. Of the 27 overdoses, there was only one fatality, but community leaders realized something had to be done.
“The volcano just kind of erupted that day,” Ashley M. Shaw said. “We became known as the epicenter throughout the nation.”
Fast-forward to February 2021, when Shaw addressed two dozen people on a Hampshire HOPE virtual meeting for a decidedly more hopeful reason.