Williamsburg, MA – On December 23rd, 2023 at around 12:45 PM, the Williamsburg Fire Department, Highland Ambulance, and Massachusetts State Police were dispatched to Briar Hill RD at the beaver pond due to an ice skating accident. On the way to the scene, Williamsburg Fire Chief Connell requested Goshen Fire and Northampton Fire and Rescue […]
COUPLE FOUND AND EXTRICATED FROM REMOTE WOODS Goshen, Ma – Last night at 8:53 pm Goshen firefighters responded to aid in a search and rescue for two lost individuals. The first individual had left in the afternoon and not returned home. A significant other searched and located the individual but was lost as well. State […]
Local officials remind residents that the ice on local ponds is still not safe to be on. GOSHEN, MA – Goshen Fire, Goshen Police, MA State Police, and Highland Ambulance responded to Upper Highland Lake (in the D.A.R. State Forest) at 1615 hours today for a report of a subject that had fallen through the […]
Their names were Mary and Bella and they were missing in the woods of Goshen.
At 12:42 hours today, Goshen firefighters were called mutual aid to the Chesterfield Gorge to assist in the rescue of a man who fell approximately 80′ from the top of the gorge onto the shoreline of the Westfield River below. The WMass Tech Rescue Team established a high angle rope rescue to lower first responders […]
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 […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: DAVID KELLY CHESTERFIELD, MA – A Northampton man was rescued by raft yesterday after injuring his leg in a 40-foot fall into Chesterfield Gorge. Charles Bixby, 41, of Florence escaped serious injury in the fall, which came as he was climbing out of the gorge after swimming at about 12:30 p.m. Police […]
Used by permission – Springfield Republican By Rick Reiken, Staff Writer CHESTERFIELD, MA – Wile making a climb on the cliffs of Chesterfield Gorge yesterday, a Northampton man fell 35 feet, injuring his left knee and requiring a two-hour rescue by local emergency personnel. Charles Bixby, 41, was taken to the Cooley Dickenson Hospital where […]
Used by Permission – Daily Hampshire Gazette by James Klockow – Gazette Staff GOSHEN, MA – Former State Representative and Senator John D. Barrus was taken to The Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton this morning after the tractor he was driving on Stone Road tipped over in front of his house, pinning one of his […]