Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – Between the lazy days of summer and the brisk fall foliage season comes the day of the scarecrow, and the local bed and breakfast association here is hoping to stir interest in this familiar autumnal character with its first annual Berkshire/Hampshire Hills Scarecrow Competition. Members of […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – The Williamsburg and Haydenville Business Association has made its maiden charitable contribution – a $450 check to the Goshen Fire Department ambulance fund. Association President David Majercik presented the check Monday to Goshen Fire Chief Francis Dresser that will be used to pay for capital expenses […]
Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) GOSHEN, MA – The Goshen Fire Department station finds itself without drinking water, the result of a spring-fed well going dry. Fire Chief Francis Dresser said the well, which is only six feet deep, was dug three years ago when the new fire station was built. The well was dug […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – Years ago, state police on horseback provided protection to people in small towns and took four days to make the rounds. Today, the push of a computer or phone button accomplishes almost the same thing, and state police still want to be involved. They have offered to […]
To the Editor: I am writing this letter in support of my husband and the Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services in Goshen. These services are provided free of charge to all town residents, and staffed by volunteers who are very dedicated. At a recent budget meeting, two members of the Town Management Committee were […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: GEORGE GRAHAM NORTHAMPTON, MA – Capricious winds fanned a brush fire near the upper portion of Sylvester Road into a 100-acre conflagration yesterday that took more than 40 area firefighters most of the day to extinguish, according to a fire department spokesman. No injuries were reported in the blaze, the city’s […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – A fire that started in a kitchen wood stove caused heavy heat and smoke damage to a house on South Main Street yesterday morning and killed three pets, fire officials said. Fire Chief Francis Dresser traced the fire’s origins to a smoke pipe at the house occupied […]
Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – It took 30 minutes for a special town meeting to unanimously pass all 11 articles on the warrant last night, including a revision to the town’s driveway bylaw and cuts totalling $6,673 to bring the town’s budget into balance. The first order of business for Town Clerk […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) Author: RICHARD NADOLSKI GOSHEN, MA – A cable television official learned last night that there may yet be a chance to rent space on a county-owned radio tower at what the firm views as an affordable rate. Barbara Striebert, a representative of Amrac Cable Co. of Waltham, learned from Fire Chief Francis […]
Source: Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: STAFF; SUNDAY REPUBLICAN (Springfield, GOSHEN, MA – The Board of Selectmen will meet with a representative of Amrac Cable Co. of Waltham tomorrow night to determine whether any progress has been made by the company in finding a site to establish a tower and reception station for cable service to […]