Photo courtesy Goshen Fire Department SOURCE: The Republican (Springfield, MA) GOSHEN, MA – Fire Chief Francis S. Dresser, who was appointed to the position in 1951, will step down from his position tomorrow. Dresser, 81, yesterday was reluctant to comment on his retirement, saying he didn’t want any publicity.
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer GOSHEN, MA – When Fran Dresser was appointed chief of the Goshen Fire Department in 1951, Harry Truman was president and most Hilltown families didn’t have televisions. At 26, he was one of the youngest – if not the youngest – fire chiefs in the […]
Source: The Recorder (Greenfield, MA) By PATRICK O’CONNOR The Recorder ASHFIELD, MA – A lightning bolt sparked a fire Thursday night that destroyed a home that was in a local family for three generations. The house had no insurance. So after three generations, it’s a lost cause, Tracy Putnam-Culver, the wife of the owner, said […]