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 […]
500-Gallon Triple Combination Due by Sept. 1; Brand New Firehouse Nearing Completion Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette Goshen – Aug. 29 – The Town of Goshen, incorporated 168 years ago, is about to receive delivery of its first piece of fire-fighting apparatus. Delivery has been promised on or before Sept. 1. Used Hand Extinguishers For many […]
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette Goshen – Feb. 3 – An article in the warrant for the annual town meeting Feb. 14, calls for action or appropriation relative to the purchase of firefighting equipment. This question has been under consideration since 1945 and in 1946 $200 was voted for chemical fire extinguishers to be placed in […]
Roger Beals, Jr., Suffers Ruptured Kidney While at Play Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette GOSHEN, Nov. 21 – Injured when he tripped and fell in the basement of the Goshen School yesterday afternoon, Roger Beals, seven years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Beals, died this morning in Cooley Dickenson Hospital, Northampton, after an emergency operation […]