Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: NJUBI NESBITT HATFIELD, MA – A firefighter was injured and a building destroyed by a suspicious fire on Linseed Road about 5 a.m. yesterday, according to fire officials. Capt. Fred Beckta, of the South Deerfield Fire Department, was injured at the scene while trying to open a window, which broke and cut […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) CUMMINGTON, MA – A barn on Packard Road was destroyed and one of its owners was kicked by a horse during a fire here early Monday. Fire Chief Bernard Forgea said he is still investigating the blaze which began at about 3:20 a.m. in a 40 by 30 foot barn belonging to […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: MARLA A. GOLDBERG GOSHEN, MA – It may never happen. That was what officials from District 1 of the Massachusetts Highway Department told town administrators yesterday about possibly relocating part of Route 9. But nonetheless, Edwin Taginski, a project development engineer, and Rudyard Longton, acting director of District 1, questioned selectmen […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: MARLA A. GOLDBERG GOSHEN, MA – A small section of Route 9 here that town officials say say is a frequent site of accidents, may eventually be improved by the state Highway Department. “We are considering some changes in there, and we will be meeting with the town,” Chrysa Meyers, a […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: WILLIAM FREEBAIRN Western Massachusetts edged closer to having a comprehensive emergency telephone network last week when a state committee approved plans to bring dozens of communities on-line with enhanced 911 service next year. The Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Board voted to move ahead with E-911 service in several more cities and towns. A […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) GOSHEN, MA – Fire Chief Francis Dresser says the blaze which badly damaged a Pond Hill Road home Saturday probably was accidental and most likely began in a shed to the rear of the house. “I see no suspicion of arson,” Dresser said yesterday. But Dresser said he will not reveal […]
Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) GOSHEN, MA – A house on Pond Hill Road was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters from three towns arrived at the scene yesterday. Goshen Fire Chief Francis Dresser said eight vehicles from his department, Williamsburg and Chesterfield responded to the 3:13 p.m. call, saving part of a house […]
Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) GOSHEN, MA – A Firemen’s Ball to benefit the Goshen Fire Department will be held at the Whale Inn here Oct. 29 starting at 6 p.m., selectman Raymond Morin said this week. Morin said there will be a cocktail hour between 6 and 7 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) ASHFIELD, MA – A mysterious stranger saved Cleo Hall’s barn from burning down yesterday afternoon. Ashfield Fire Chief Douglas Field said a person driving by the Hall farm, on the corner of Routes 112 and 116, saw a fire on a ramp leading to a barn and stopped and put out the […]
Terrain Hinders Firefighters Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RALPH GORDON ASHFIELD, MA – A fire yesterday destroyed an old storage barn in deep woods off the intersection of Route 116 and Burton Hill Road here. No one was injured in the 10 a.m. blaze, but officials, unsure of the cause of the blaze, have asked the state […]