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Discover 159 years of Mass. State Police history in Northbridge museum

BY CRAIG S. SEMON, WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE​

January 5, 2024

NORTHBRIDGE, MASS. 

John H. “Jack” Crawford, who was instrumental in the recent relocation of the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center to the former Whitinsville Bank Building...

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About the Valley: MA State Police Museum

BY HARRY BERKOWITZ, NORTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY TV​

December 14, 2023

NORTHBRIDGE, MASS. 

Dick Belanger, Board Member of the MSPMLC is interviewed by Harry Berkowitz

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State Police Museum welcomes a famous 'Runaway'

BY ROD LEE, BLACKSTONE VALLEY XPRESS​

January 6, 2023

NORTHBRIDGE, MASS. 

John H. “Jack” Crawford, who was instrumental in the recent relocation of the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center to the former Whitinsville Bank Building...

[read on...]

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Coin celebrates a town’s 250th, and a State Police icon

BY ROD LEE, BLACKSTONE VALLEY XPRESS​

December 14, 2022

NORTHBRIDGE, MASS. 

That creation of the new Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center at Memorial Square in Whitinsville has been a labor of love...

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MA State Police Museum finds a home in Whitinsville

BY ROD LEE, BLACKSTONE VALLEY XPRESS​

August 11, 2022

NORTHBRIDGE, MASS. 

Saturday, July 16th was not just the occasion for a parade and related activities to mark the town of Northbridge’s 250th anniversary.

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Mass State Police Junior Trooper Academy helps kids see police in new light

BY BOB WARD, BOSTON 25 NEWS​

August 12, 2021

GRAFTON, MASS. 

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Mass. State Police Museum reopens in Grafton

BY GEORGE BARNES, THE TELEGRAM & GAZETTE​

July 14, 2020

GRAFTON, MASS. 

When asked what his favorite display in the Massachusetts State Police Museum was, retired sergeant Albert M. “Al” Toney Jr. did not hesitate.

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Children learn about DNA, blood evidence at MSPMLC

BY THE GRAFTON NEWS​

February 18, 2020

GRAFTON, MASS. 

More than a dozen children participated in the “CSI Episode 4 DNA and Blood Evidence” program at the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center. 

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K-9s visit children at State Police Museum

BY THE GRAFTON NEWS​

February 4, 2020

GRAFTON, MASS. 

Children ages 6 to 9 participated in a Junior Trooper Program at the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center (MSPMLC) Saturday, Jan. 25, to learn about K-9s serving with the Massachusetts State Police. 

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Massachusetts State Police Story Time with the Colonel, Toto and Luna the Comfort dog

BY NEW BEDFORD GUIDE​

October 11, 2019

GRAFTON, MASS. 

“Colonel Gilpin read “Toto the Tornado Kitten” to some new friends at the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center, and was joined by Toto and our very own Luna the Comfort Dog.

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Subject of famed artwork recalls posing for Norman Rockwell

BY MARK SULLIVAN, THE TELEGRAM & GAZETTE​

December 3, 2018

GRAFTON, MASS. 

Eight-year-old Eddie Locke was a third-grader at the Plain School in Stockbridge in 1958 when the famed artist Norman Rockwell, accompanied by the principal, walked into the lunchroom one day and pointed at him. "That one," the artist said. [read on...]

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Fire destroys room at Massachusetts State Police museum in Grafton

February 26, 2017

By Scott J. Croteau, MASSLIVE

A two-alarm fire inside the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center in Grafton Saturday night caused significant damage to the second floor of the building. 
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Massachusetts State Police
Museum and Learning Center
on Chronicle

November 18, 2015
The Massachusetts State Police Museum

and Learning Center is featured in the

Chronicle series 'Hidden Treasures' on

Channel 5. [Watch the video...]

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