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: DAVID GREENBERG HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MA – An enhanced 911 emergency service will be activated in 14 communities in Hampden and Hampshire counties next month. With the new system, which goes into effect Nov. 30, police will be able to know the point of origin of calls to a centralized dispatch unit […]
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 […]
Source: 1951 Annual Town Report To the Board of Selectmen: Herewith is submitted the second annual report of the Fire Department. One of the goals for which we have worked so long has been reached. After a careful inspection by the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association the Fire Department was found to meet sufficient […]
Source: 1950 Annual Report for the Town of Goshen To the Board of Selectmen: Herewith is submitted the first annual report of the activities of the Fire Department. In less than two years as a regularly organized Fire Department we have constructed a building, purchased and equipped a 500 gallon per minute pumper and a […]
Richardson Leaves Tar on Stove; Returns to Find Kitchen Ablaze Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette Goshen, Sept. 25 – The home of Henry Richardson of South St. was burned to the ground about 10 this morning when a fire started in his kitchen from a pail of tar being heated on the stove to waterproof the […]