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 […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: WILLIAM FOSHER; RAY KELLY NORTHAMPTON, MA – Crews working on the reconstruction of King Street yesterday afternoon severed a fiber-optic cable that provides long-distance service to Hamsphire County and sections of Franklin County. The accident disrupted access to emergency dispatch services in western hilltowns of Hampshire County, which call an Amherst-based […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – The drive by three hill town Hampshire communities to upgrade their ambulance service is cooking with the results of a weekend pig roast. The Saturday event was held at the farm of George Munroe on East Street, and the $1,386 in proceeds are being split between the […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – An attempt to raise $10,000 for the purchase of two-way radios for emergency medical technicians in the towns of Goshen, Chesterfield and Williamsburg fell short this weekend, but subsequent events are planned to make up the shortfall. Goshen Fire Chief Francis Dresser said the drive toward the […]
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 […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: ELIZABETH FREY GOSHEN – Susan and Barry Richardson were building for a future they would not see. On Wednesday afternoon, Susan Richardson shot herself to death behind the couple’s new home on Bissell Road. The couple had been working on the home for more than a year. While police were investigating […]