Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI CHESTERFIELD, MA – Al Capone’s vault it’s not, but the largely forgotten and locked safe once used by selectmen years ago that is buried in the deepest part of the town’s library is now drawing a great deal of interest among officials. “Just what is in that safe, anyway?” selectmen […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI CUMMINGTON, MA – A blaze possibly started by a lightning bolt leveled the vacant Berkshire Snow Basin lodge early yesterday. Cummington Fire Chief Bernard Forgea said the wood structure, which was supported by steel girders and encased in large picture windows, was engulfed in flames that were shooting high into […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: GEORGE GRAHAM WORTHINGTON, MA – Fire departments from at least six hilltowns converged on Old River Road last night to put out a quick-moving barn fire in the rear of the Brookstone House property. No injuries were reported in the fire, which gutted the office space of The Newborne Co., an […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: JANICE BEETLE SCAIFE PLAINFIELD, MA – Residents are expressing sympathy for the financially troubled family whose three-story house, destined for the auction block on Aug. 21, was destroyed by a fire yesterday that has been termed suspicious. “I feel sorry for the kids; I guess for the whole family,” Iris Martin said […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: DAVID GREENBERG STAFF; UNION-NEWS (Springfield, Mass.) ASHFIELD, MA – An afternoon fire heavily damaged the top floor of an 18th century house yesterday, but quick response from fire departments in five towns helped save most of the structure. No injuries were reported and while damages were thought to total several thousand […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI WILLIAMSBURG, MA – A state police investigator said yesterday authorities may never determine what caused an automobile accident on Route 9 Monday night that killed a 23-year-old Cummington woman when her car careened out of control and slammed into a tree. Cassandra L. Affhauser of 184 W. Main St. […]
Williamsburg blaze routs 4 families; none injured Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: FRED CONTRADA WILLIAMSBURG, MA – Firefighters from here and Goshen battled high winds to contain a fire that whipped through a four-family home on Williams Street yesterday. Fire Chief Roger Bisbee said no one was injured in the blaze that caused an estimated […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: MIKE PLAISANCE PELHAM, MA – Town Meeting members will be asked this spring to approve as much as $120,000 in extra funding for the new police station, in addition to the $5.8 million already appropriated, a step that the Finance Committee chairwoman yesterday said was unexpected. “It certainly came as a […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: CAITLIN ROTHER CUMMINGTON, MA – An engaged couple was left homeless yesterday morning after a fire tore through their wood frame house, killing two puppies, nine newborn kittens and two of their three mother cats. Four 10-week-old puppies, seven one-week-old kittens and one nursing mother cat survived the fire. Officials believe […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: ELIZABETH FREY Chesterfield, MA – Millie Chick’s new apple business went bust when the Steven’s Brook Bridge connecting her orchards to the rest of town was closed last fall. The bridge’s closure two weeks ago for repairs has flattened her hopes for any summer customers. “If we get five cars going by […]