Marine Sgt Joshua Desforges of Ludlow killed in Afghanistan
The Department of Defense on Thursday announced the death of Marine Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges of Ludlow, who killed while serving in Afghanistan. LUDLOW - The Department of Defense on Thursday...
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Marine Sgt. Joshua Desforges killed in Afghanistan; Ludlow grieves loss of...
Marine Sgt Joshua Desforges, 23, died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, which is the southwest corner of Afghanistan. This is an update of a story that was first posted at 7:37...
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Ludlow mourns the loss of Marine Sgt. Joshua Desforges, killed while...
"He was a leader, and he was the bravest person we ever knew," his family said in a prepared statement released by the office of U.S. Sen. John Kerry. Photo by George Graham / The RepublicanA sign...
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Death of Marine Sgt. Joshua Desforges felt throughout Ludlow, Western Mass....
Sgt. Joshua Desforges was recalled yesterday as a natural leader, a great friend and a born Marine as friends and family from Ludlow grappled with his death during combat in Afghanistan This is an...
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Marine Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges, of Ludlow, was killed in combat this week in a remote part of Afghanistan, according to military officials. WEST SPRINGFIELD – Although they have been blanketing...
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Funeral services set for Ludlow native Marine Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges
Desforges died Wednesday as the result of a hostile incident in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Joshua Desforges is seen in an undated family photograph.LUDLOW – A military funeral service for Marine...
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Center Street in Ludlow closed from Putts Bridge to Hubbard Street for road...
The section of Center Street will be closed until about 5 p.m. View Putts Bridge, Ludlow in a larger map LUDLOW – The northbound stretch of Center Street, from Putts Bridge to Hubbard Street, will be...
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Veterans Park School students in Ludlow enjoyed special relationship with...
The wake is Thursday from 2 to 7 p.m. at Ludlow Funeral Home on East Street. Joshua Desforges is seen in an undated family photograph.LUDLOW – The students at Veterans Park Elementary School have had...
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Mourners line up to pay respects to fallen Marine Sgt. Joshua Desforges
Ludlow is inviting residents to show their respects by assembling along the funeral processional route. Republican photo by Don Treeger -- A line of people wait Thursday outside Ludlow Funeral Home to...
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Ludlow residents prepare to pay final respects to Marine Sgt. Joshua Desforges
Pre-school students created a sign hung outside of Community Children's Center on Chapin Street, where Desforges was a student 20 years ago. 05.21.2010 | Photo by Ray Kelly / The Republican | LUDLOW -...
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Live coverage: Memorial services held today for fallen Marine Sgt. Joshua...
Dispatches from Ludlow and Westover as Western Massachusetts mourns the sergeant who was killed in Afghanistan May 12. 05.20.2010 | Photo by Mark M. Murray / The Republican | Marines fold the American...
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Funeral services held for Ludlow native Marine Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges
The service was the first at Westover in at least 8 years, said Westover public affairs technician Sgt. Andrew S. Biscoe. 05.20.2010 | Photo by Mark M. Murray / The Republican | Marines fold the...
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Regional emergency dispatch center could save 5 Western Mass. communities...
Amherst, Hadley, the University of Massachusetts, Pelham, South Hadley, South Hadley Fire District 2, Ludlow, Ware, Wilbraham and East Longmeadow all want to be considered. File photo / The...
View ArticleDriver strikes employee, Cumberland Farms store in Ludlow
The employee was not injured and refused medical treatment. LUDLOW – Police are searching for the driver of a truck who struck an employee and the front of a Cumberland Farms store on East Street...
View ArticleBlown transformer in Ludlow knocks out power in area of Center Street
Police began receiving reports of a power outage at about 6:30 p.m. and traced it back to a blown transformer on Center Street LUDLOW - Problems with a transformer on Center Street on Friday night...
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Memorial Day marked by solemn ceremonies throughout the Pioneer Valley
At Agawam's Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Gov. Deval Patrick said the "spirit of sacrifice" continues. The Republican / Don TreegerMemorial Day ceremony at the Massachusetts Veterans'...
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Ludlow remembers Marine Sgt. Joshua Desforges at Memorial Day parade
Thousands participated in Memorial Day events in Ludlow, Hampden and East Longmeadow. Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges, USMC.Members of the family of Marine Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges, who was killed in action...
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AM News Links: Rep. Barney Frank says voters are 'clearly angry,' Boston...
“I’m campaigning harder than I have in a while," Frank told The Boston Herald. Ap File PhotoRepresentative Barney Frank. Barney Frank: Voters ‘clearly angry’ [BostonHerald.com] With flier, police try...
View ArticleLudlow woman, trapped by collapsing barn, escapes serious injury
Firefighters used an air bag to extricate the woman who was conscious and alert. View Larger Map LUDLOW – A Lyon Street woman, trapped by a collapsing barn Tuesday afternoon, escaped serious injury,...
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Patricia Berghorn, trapped under collapsing barn in Ludlow, thought she was...
Berghorn said she believes her rescuers saved her life. 06.02.2010 | Photo by Michael S. Gordon / The Republican | LUDLOW - The collapsed barn at 1017 Lyon St. that trapped Patricia A. Berghorn on...
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