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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI and DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A 66-year-old Westfield man is dead after falling into a sand silo at Chicopee Concrete Service on Friday morning.

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — After voters shot down a proposal for a public safety complex in May 2023 due to concerns about the burden on taxpayers and wetlands encroachment, the Emergency Services Facility Committee is evaluating plans for a facility on the same property that would only house the Fire Department.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council will hear the Fire Department’s request for up to $1.9 million to replace its 25-year-old ladder truck in February.

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — The fire chief gave Selectboard and Fire Station Building Committee members a tour of the future station at 167 Northfield Road on Wednesday evening, saying he expects the department will be operating out of the facility by April.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

CHARLEMONT — Colrain, Charlemont and Shelburne Falls firefighters gathered at 280 Zoar Road Wednesday morning to extinguish a minor fire that Charlemont Fire Chief Dennis Annear said likely originated with heat tape around the home’s water pipes.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — After decades of service with the all-volunteer Gill Fire Department, Fire Chief Gene Beaubien is ready to retire as he turns 70 on Monday, Jan. 27.

By DOMENIC POLI

Wondering what to do with that Christmas tree now that it’s 2025? Well, at least two Franklin County entities have programs in place to take those festive symbols off your hands.The Greenfield Department of Public Works will remove Christmas trees...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

BERNARDSTON — A 49-year-old man from Guilford, Vermont, died after crashing into a utility pole on Brattleboro Road (Route 5) on Tuesday morning just before 6 a.m.According to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel, the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — As if from a much milder scene in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” two members of the Orange Fire Department found a squirrel surprise after investigating some suspicious activity in a family’s Christmas tree.Capt. James Hopkins and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — A benefit this weekend will raise money for the Holly Avenue resident whose home was severely damaged in an October fire that killed her two dogs.The event will be held at the Montague Elks Lodge, located at 1 Elks Ave. in Turners Falls,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Fire Department and mutual aid partners quickly knocked down a Main Street structure fire on Wednesday morning, which had a potentially unusual cause — the sun.Firefighters responded to 83 Main St. at around 10:42 a.m. and saw flames...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — No injuries resulted from a fire that was caused by the ignition of combustible materials near a pellet stove’s flue pipe early Sunday morning, according to the town’s fire chief.James Young said his department was dispatched to a reported...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

CHARLEMONT — Firefighters from six departments responded to 584 Legate Hill Road on Friday evening to extinguish a chimney fire.Charlemont, Heath, Hawley, Rowe, Colrain and Shelburne Falls firefighters were requested, at roughly 4:45 p.m., to respond...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City resident Mary Choiniere, 61, was killed and another adult injured after a fire ravaged a single-story house at 52 Silver St. late Wednesday night. A third resident escaped the blaze without injury.According to Fire Chief Robert...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Four Orange Fire Department members are slated to be honored this month for their actions during a fatal fire last year.Lts. Phillip Dupell and Jason Rushford, firefighter/paramedic Nino Rodriguez, and Tim Matthews, who is now an acting...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

NORTHFIELD — Firefighters from across Franklin County rushed to South Mountain Road on Friday to battle a brush fire that was sparked by downed power lines and threatened nearby homes.According to the Friends of Northfield Police Department’s Facebook...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A man was airlifted to a trauma center Wednesday afternoon following a single-vehicle crash just east of Exit 71 on Route 2, according to Orange’s fire chief.The man was the sole occupant of a westbound newer-model Toyota Tundra that swerved...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Amid unseasonably warm and dry climate conditions, fire departments across Franklin County are advising residents about outdoor burning bans in place.Greenfield, New Salem, Ashfield, Montague Center, Turners Falls, Leyden, Erving, Sunderland and the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Community members are rallying together to raise money for a couple who lost their supply of winter firewood in a blaze on Saturday. The Colrain Fire Department was dispatched to 83 Archambo Road at 3:17 p.m., where the woodshed of Walter...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MILLERS FALLS — Firefighters and a hazardous materials team who responded to Element Brewing Co. on Monday found no presence of hazardous materials after the steam brewing process at the business went awry, setting off the commercial fire alarms.When...