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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 ALISON KUZNITZ

Massachusetts is about to get a new law to shield firefighters from toxic chemicals in their protective equipment and eventually phase out the use of PFAS that’s been linked to cancer.Gov. Maura Healey announced Wednesday that she planned to sign...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — As call volume and service demands increase, a $1.5 million federal grant will allow the Easthampton Fire Department to hire four additional firefighters by next spring.The nationally competitive Department of Homeland Security’s...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — As demand for services increases, $565,000 in federal grants will put the Easthampton Fire Department on its way to replacing old equipment including a brush truck, air filling system, and self-contained breathing apparatus.“When you...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — A decade ago, Highland Ambulance Services covered the Hilltowns with 48 EMTs and paramedics. Today, the company employs just 27, with only three of them full-time workers.“There’s a lot of overtime, and we’re very grateful, but that’s...

For the second consecutive year, volunteer and call firefighters from multiple hilltown fire departments have completed a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) training course taught in multiple locations throughout the hilltowns, department chiefs...

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 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

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 GAGE NUTTER

WESTHAMPTON — Hannah Labrie finished first in every event she competed in during the Hampshire Regional girls track and field team’s 85-57 win over Monson on Thursday.The sophomore finished first in the long jump (15 feet, ½ inch) and the triple jump...