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 […]
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 […]
Photo courtesy Goshen Fire Department Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: NANCY H. GONTER; [email protected] WILLIAMSBURG, MA – It appears speed was a factor in a Tuesday evening accident on Petticoat Hill Road that left two young men hospitalized, authorities said yesterday. Police Chief John W. Cotton said that rescue workers from Williamsburg, Goshen and Northampton were […]
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 […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) CHESTERFIELD, MA – A malfunctioning heater caused billows of smoke but no fire in a Chesterfield garage yesterday, Fire Chief Gilman Smith said. Firefighters from Chesterfield were on the scene at 11 Damon Pond Road, the home of Marge Pringle, within minutes of the call early Monday afternoon. There were […]
Photo courtesy Goshen Fire Department Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: NANCY H. GONTER; [email protected] NORTHAMPTON, MA – The sprint Lou R. Davis made Saturday back to his burning apartment building where his mother, wife and two children were was his fastest ever. Davis, who lived with his wife, Jennifer, and sons Asher, 2, and Isaac, 4 […]
Photo courtesy Goshen Fire Department Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: PATRICK JOHNSON NORTHAMPTON, MA – A stubborn fire tore through a house comprised of eight apartments yesterday, leaving firefighters to battle flames into the night. Firefighters were called to the house at 277 Crescent St. at 3:10 p.m. They were still at the scene trying […]
The fire appears to have been caused when a fireplace blaze ignited nearby wall boards. Photo courtesy Goshen Fire Department Source: The Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: NANCY H. GONTER; [email protected] HATFIELD, MA – Robert Zapka stood yesterday morning in front of what was left of the Chestnut Street home his father built 35 years ago. “I’m in shock. […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) By SEAN REAGAN Staff Writer WILLIAMSBURG, MA – A fire that started around a wood stove quickly consumed a three-story home on Nash Hill Road on Saturday, displacing an elderly couple and their disabled son. The family’s home was uninsured. According to another son, Tobias Rice of Goshen, his father, […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) BY SEAN REAGAN Staff writer WORTHINGTON, MA – A Worthington family lost their home Monday morning when a fast-moving fire engulfed the house in flames leaving nothing but charred wreckage by noon. The fire started in Marian Welch’s soap-making room where she said she was melting wax to make candles. […]