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By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — Investigators have ruled that the cause of a Monday morning fire that set a Riley Street garage and home ablaze and displaced a family of six is “undetermined.”Though the case will remain open, Easthampton Fire Chief Christopher Norris...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
CUMMINGTON — To most of their neighbors, not much was known about Jaye Brink and Shannon Haddock, the residents of the house on 9 Thayer Road that burned down on April 28. The two often kept to themselves, only leaving the home to go to work or get...
By STEVE PFARRER
Get Gone by Dennis Crommett In the summer of 2021, Dennis Crommett and his bandmates in Valley indie rockers Spanish for Hitchhiking released their first album in several years, “Wild Love,” a hard-rocking collection of songs written and sung by...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
EASTHAMPTON — In front of a packed audience at Easthampton Congregational Church, Wright Dickinson shared a story about a weekend getaway to the Carolinas he took years ago with several friends, including Michael Gross.During the trip, the men took...
By CHRIS LARABEE
SUNDERLAND — To mark 90 years of neighbors serving neighbors, the Fire Department is welcoming the community to its station for a birthday celebration.On Saturday, May 6 from 3 to 9 p.m., people can stop by the Public Safety Complex at 105 River Road...
SOUTH HADLEY — Voters in Fire District 2 will be asked to approve a $1,729,147 fire department budget and a $981,128 water budget at their annual meeting May 1.The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at 20 Woodbridge St.Voters will be asked to approve 23...
By JAMES PENTLAND
SOUTH HADLEY — Fire District No. 1 voters will be asked to approve a $5,184,876 fire department budget and a $2,940,672 water budget at the district’s annual meeting next week.The warrant for the annual meeting contains 38 articles, including a...
By STEVE PFARRER
The climate news seems relentlessly bleak: rising seas and melting glaciers; growing drought and firestorms; increasingly violent storms that destroy everything in their path and unleash terrible flooding.Oh, and let’s not forget more longstanding...
CHESTERFIELD — An electrical fire at a home on Bryant Street drew numerous fire crews and caused an estimated $150,000 in damage Saturday afternoon, Fire Chief David Hewes said.The single-family home’s residents were not at home at the time, and no...
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HOLYOKE — A cooking fire on Friday claimed one man’s life and injured two firefighters, according to local and state fire officials.The Holyoke Fire Department responded to the area of 19 Donlee St. at about 1:20 p.m. following a report of a fire. On...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — A city man is receiving national recognition for his lifesaving actions last year in rescuing his neighbor from a burning building.The Carnegie Hero Fund announced Monday that it would be presenting 38-year-old Paul Galotti with the...
By JULIAN MENDOZA
MONTAGUE — Red Fire Farm’s Ryan and Sarah Voiland joined hundreds of farmers from across the U.S. for a recent climate rally in Washington, D.C., marching to the Capitol before meeting with legislators to ask for climate change policy to be a priority...
WESTHAMPTON — Emergency crews responded to Loudville Road on Monday after a car drove over an embankment and rolled over onto its roof in a brook.Northampton Fire Rescue stated in a Facebook post that the driver was able to exit the vehicle without...
By STEVE PFARRER
The Academy Awards are almost upon us, and with it comes the endless handicapping and speculation on who will win best actor and actress, who’s likely to be voted best director, and which film will score an Oscar for best picture of the year.But...
By EMILY THURLOW
SOUTHAMPTON — A fire that destroyed a Maple Street home Tuesday night was started accidentally by a propane grill on a rear deck of the home, the state fire marshal’s office said Wednesday evening.Southampton firefighters met with multiple challenges...
By EMILY THURLOW
SOUTHAMPTON — Less than one day after a Southampton family’s home was devastated by a fire, community members have come together to raise more than $35,000 via an online fundraiser. The blaze at the 79 Maple St. home was started accidentally by a...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The Family Dollar on Union Street has been ordered to close until a number of fire safety code violations have been rectified and the building has been brought into compliance.The city’s Fire Department issued the discount retailer a...
By EMILY THURLOW
SOUTHAMPTON — Sometime this summer, John Workman will finally get a full night’s sleep.But until then, the longtime firefighter and Southampton fire chief for the last decade will continue to keep one ear open to the radio for calls, just like he’s...
By EMILY THURLOW
NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Regional High School junior is again stepping up in the name of reproductive rights and organizing a “Bigger than Roe” Women’s March sister rally on Sunday at City Hall in Northampton.Last May, Alice Jenkins of Westhampton...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — Prompt 911 calls from neighbors and a swift response from the Fire Department helped stop an apartment fire caused by a snow globe from spreading throughout a West Lake Street complex.Easthampton Fire Chief Christopher Norris said...
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