Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: MARLA A. GOLDBERG HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. MA – Volunteer fire departments in Hampshire County’s hilltowns may go the way of the bucket brigade unless more young people step forward to become firefighters, some fire officials say. Hilltown fire officials say they are in chronic need of volunteers, and that their departments are aging […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: DANIEL MILLER HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MA – The Enhanced 911 police and fire dispatch service for 14 towns in Hampden and Hampshire counties will not become operational until early October, a top state police official said yesterday. State police first said the system would go on line Aug. 3, and that date was […]