GOSHEN, MA – After putting out a car fire earlier in the day, Goshen firefighters were joined by their counterparts from Chesterfield and Williamsburg at the D.A.R. State Forest on Tuesday night to cool off in the frozen waters of Upper Highland lake. This aerial view of the training drill show life safety ropes stretching out […]
GOSHEN, MA – There are many benefits to being a volunteer – one of which is hanging out with a cool group of people who went for a swim in the waters of Upper Highland Lake at the D.A.R. State Forest here in Goshen all for a good cause. No, I mean it, they were really […]
GOSHEN, MA – At 0958 hours this morning Goshen firefighters, working with a crew from Highland Ambulance and DAR State Forest Superintendent Bob Kabat and Asst. Superintendent Janice Martin, responded to a call for a hiker on the Black Bear trail at the DAR. Amy Huxley of Williamsburg and her friend Susan Barrett of Chesterfield […]
Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: JEANETTE DeFORGE; jdeforge@repub.com GOSHEN, MA – A 49-year-old Westfield man died in an accidental drowning Saturday in the Daughters of the American Revolution State Park. The Hampshire County District Attorney’s office has identified the victim as Orlando Burgos, of 40 Franklin St. Burgos and two other men were in a […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) GOSHEN, MA – Raymond E. Morin, 54, of 1 Williams Drive, a state forester, town fireman, and civic leader, died on Sunday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after a long illness. He worked at the Daughters of the American Revolution State Forest for 23 years, and served most recently as […]
The ‘tower man’ must stay on his toes and keep a clear eye while watching over a wide area for potential forest fires. Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: GEORGE GRAHAM GOSHEN, MA – A hot afternoon during this unusally dry spring finds “tower man” John DeNardo on full alert. “Today’s a red flag day, ‘Smokey’ says […]