Shooting Mishap Injures Boy

Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) WILLIAMSBURG, MA – A 15-year-old boy accidentally shot himself with a .22-caliber rifle yesterday when he slipped on the snow while walking up a hill behind his North Main Street home on his way to target practice, police said. The youth, whom police declined to identify, suffered a flesh wound in […]

‘Hamp State Police Barracks May Be Main Dispatch Center

Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: NATALIA MUNOZ NORTHAMPTON, MA – The state police Northampton barracks might become the county’s disptach center for fire and police calls from small towns, Hampshire County administrator Bambridge Peterson said yesterday. Last Thursday, the county commissioners’ public safety committee met with Capt. James Sheehan of the Northampton barracks of the State […]

Guard May Demolish Fire Station

GOSHEN, MA – The state National Guard has tentatively agreed with a town request to demolish the town’s old fire station on Route 9. Though the town budgeted $10,000 for the demolition, town meeting failed to approve. Planning Board member Dale Morrow suggested the National Guard may be available for the job. Fire Chief Francis […]