Union-News (Springfield, MA) GOSHEN, MA – A Springfield man was injured yesterday after his tractor-trailer jackknifed, the gas tank was punctured and he slipped on the leaking gas, state police said. Robert Madory, no age or address available, was treated and released from Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after the 8:25 a.m. accident. Madory was […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) CHESTERFIELD, MA – Residents and town officials have set up a fund to aid a Willicutt Road couple whose home was badly damaged in a fire last Friday. Selectman Donald Houghton said contributions are being taken to help John and Dorothy Beaulieu, who are planning to live in a trailer until their […]
Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: FRED CONTRADA HATFIELD, MA – A fire that apparently started in Mama Maria’s restaurant destroyed downtown Hatfield’s only commercial center early this morning. Equipment and firefighters from Whately, Deerfield, South Deerfield, Sunderland, Williamsburg and Goshen were summoned to assist the Hatfield Fire Department in battling the blaze at the small Main […]
Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) ASHFIELD, MA – Roberts Brothers sawmill caught fire and was destroyed yesterday morning. The fire department was called to the scene at 8 a. m., after an employee heard a noise and saw the 40-by-100-foot wooden building had caught fire. Fire Chief Douglas Field said a diesel generator started the […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: JOHN G. GRAIFF SOUTHAMPTON, MA – Although the Southampton Central Communications Commission voted last week to assume dispatch services for Goshen police, it plans to raise the fees for all the towns it serves by about 50 percent for the coming fiscal year. The Southampton dispatch center also handles emergency police calls […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: FRED CONTRADA WILLIAMSBURG, MA – Fire raced through a landmark blacksmith shop in the town’s Historic District yesterday, gutting the interior and backing up traffic for more than a mile along Route 9. Williamsburg Blacksmiths, Inc., was still standing last night as firefighters from three towns continued to extinguish small blazes through […]