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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The town and the Turners Falls Fire District both received grants from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust board of trustees, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, that will allow for water asset...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — One of the three women hospitalized after being struck by a fallen tree Friday has been released from Athol Hospital, while another is stable and the third is in critical condition, Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HAWLEY — The driver of a 10-wheel dump truck escaped serious injuries on Wednesday morning after his vehicle rolled over in the area of the hairpin turn on East Hawley Road, dumping a load of asphalt onto the roadway that also spilled into Bozrah...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — No one was injured after a 1973 Toyota caught fire in the woods at 303 Hope St. on Tuesday afternoon. Flames rose above the vehicle as the Greenfield Police and Fire departments arrived. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in a moment’s...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

LEYDEN — To celebrate an eightfold increase in firefighters and the addition of three vehicles, the Leyden Fire Department is hosting an open house on Saturday, Aug. 3, from noon to 3 p.m.“The Fire Department had dwindled to just one member, which is...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — An alleged hit-and-run crash near 451 Main St. on Monday sent a woman to the hospital. Greenfield Police officers and firefighters blocked off a portion of Main Street after a white Nissan Rogue collided with a Toyota RAV4 at...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE — No residents or firefighters were injured following a fire at 133 South Main St. on Monday evening that likely started due to a power line malfunction, according to Fire Chief James Young.Emergency personnel responded after dispatchers...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GILL — Two individuals were hospitalized Tuesday evening after a vehicle swerved off of Route 2 and crashed into a tree, according to Fire Chief Gene Beaubien. Beaubien said a bystander pulled one of the two individuals from the vehicle. Orange...

LEYDEN — A man was airlifted to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield late Sunday night after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree on Eden Trail near the Bernardston/Leyden line.According to a post on the Bernardston Fire Department’s...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NORTHFIELD — A collision between a Ford Explorer and a tractor on Route 10 sent a man flying off the tractor and led him to sustain what Northfield Police Officer Curtis Weaver described as “apparent minor injuries.” Northfield Police and Fire...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE CENTER — The annual bonfire to celebrate Independence Day will return on Wednesday, July 3, at the Montague Center Ballfield starting at 6:30 p.m., carrying on a longstanding tradition.Ann Fisk, an EMT with the Montague Center Fire Department...

BERNARDSTON — Voters overwhelmingly approved a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion Tuesday to spend up to $987,000 to replace the Fire Department’s KME pumper, 160-73.Residents gave initial approval for the purchase at the April 29 Annual Town Meeting with...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD – After City Council approved the purchase of two police cruisers for $150,000 last week, the city is considering electric cruisers the next time it funds additions to the department.“I’m going to vote for this one now, but for future ones,...

By SAM FERLAND

BERNARDSTON — The town will hold a special election on Tuesday, June 25, to decide whether the Fire Department can move forward with spending $987,000 to replace its KME pumper. Polls will be open at Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Voters gave their...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Residents and firefighters gathered with local and state officials Monday morning to celebrate the opening of the new Fire Station at 41 Main St., an approximately $21.7 million project that took more than two years to complete.A crowd of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town’s Fire Department has received two state grants to fund programs aimed at protecting and educating the demographics most vulnerable to fire injuries and death.Chief James Young said he learned at the end of May that his department...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ASHFIELD — Highland Ambulance transported a motorcyclist to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton with non-life-threatening injuries on Friday afternoon after a crash near 1234 Conway Road, according to Ashfield Fire Chief Kyle Walker.State Police...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Fire Department fully moved into its new station at 41 Main St. Thursday night, leaving behind the temporary station on Hope Street that it has occupied since the 412 Main St. station was demolished in 2021. The move marks the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — No injuries or damage to a nearby residence were reported Wednesday morning following a propane explosion in a camper that was parked at a home on East Street.Northfield’s public safety departments were dispatched to 54 East St. at around...