The cause of the fire, which caused an estimated half million dollars in damage, is still under investigation. Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: NANCY H. GONTER; [email protected] NORTHAMPTON, MA – A 90-year-old man who used a medical alert system to summon authorities was left in critical condition after a fire in his Prospect Street home early […]
Photo courtesy Goshen Fire Department Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: NANCY H. GONTER; [email protected] NORTHAMPTON, MA – An elderly man was in critical condition and one firefighter suffered minor injuries in a fire on Prospect Street early this morning. Police and ambulance were called to 248 Prospect St. for a report of a Health Watch alarm. […]
Event honors Fran Dresser Folks just couldn’t let him retire without a bash Reprinted, with permission, from the Country Journal – October 26, 2006 By Lisa Connell GOSHEN, MA – Retired Fire Chief Francis Dresser, a WW II veteran of the highly decorated 96th Infantry Division in the South Pacific and an admirer of General Douglas […]
Used by permission. Copyright GazetteNET.com By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer NORTHAMPTON, MA – More than 150 firefighters and rescue personnel and their families gathered at the Florence Elks Lodge last week to honor retired Goshen Fire Chief Francis S. Dresser, who stepped down this year after 55 years of service. ‘I had asked them not […]
Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: DIANE LEDERMAN; [email protected] GOSHEN, MA – This town of less than 1,000 became the first of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts to appoint a female fire chief. Selectmen this week named Susan M. Labrie to the town’s top fire post on Monday night. Labrie, 42, has been a volunteer […]
Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: DIANE LEDERMAN; [email protected] GOSHEN, MA – Score one for women. Goshen became the first town in Massachusetts to appoint a woman fire chief this week. Selectmen named Susan M. Labrie to the town’s top fire post Monday night. Labrie, 42, has been a volunteer ever since she and her husband moved […]
New Goshen Fire Chief Susan Labrie at the fire station with her children, Hannah, 5, Alyssa, 11, and Sarah, 13. (Photo by Jerrey Roberts)
Used by permission. Copyright GazetteNET.com By TAMARA LLOSA-SANDOR Staff Writer WILLIAMSBURG, MA – All four young men injured in Tuesday’s one-car crash in Williamsburg were counselors on their night off from the Boy Scout camp in neighboring Chesterfield. The driver, Shawn Robbins, 20, of 43 Harryell St., Pittsfield, remained in critical condition today at Baystate […]
Reprinted, with permission, from the Country Journal – July 13, 2006 By Lisa Connell CHESTERFIELD, MA – In an explosion that could be heard as far away as Ashfield and Huntington, the 502 Main Rd. (Rte. 143) home of 48-year-old Kevin Ladd was shredded into match sticks just before 8 a.m. on July 5. Chesterfield […]
Rescue workers from half a dozen Hilltowns work with hydraulic tools to free the passengers trapped Tuesday in a car that crashed on Petticoat Hill Road in Williamsburg. Rescue workers from half a dozen Hilltowns work with hydraulic tools to free the passengers trapped Tuesday in a car that crashed on Petticoat Hill Road in […]