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Michael Ashe Retires After 42 Years As Hampden County Sheriff

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published January 9, 2017 at 11:34 AM EST
Hampden County Sheriff Dept

       Hampden County Sheriff Michael Ashe retired this month after 42 years on the job. 

         The longest-serving elected sheriff in Massachusetts history leaves a legacy of innovative programs for inmate rehabilitation that became national models.   WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Ashe.
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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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