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By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Though an unoccupied single-family home at 15 Maple St. sustained heavy damage from a fire that started in the attic Monday night, no one was injured, according to Fire Chief Robert Strahan.Reports of smoke showing from the roof of the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After 40-plus years of setting her alarm to wake up for work each morning, Lorie Cowan did as she always would on the morning of her retirement.“I actually went to reset [the alarm] for the next day and realized I didn’t have to do it...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

LEVERETT — A Leverett woman was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center for evaluation after her vehicle flipped at 137 North Leverett Road on Tuesday.According to Police Chief Scott Minckler, the woman, who was the gray Toyota Camry’s sole...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — A 23-year-old Northfield woman was reportedly uninjured after the vehicle she was driving went off the road and rolled over at around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, closing Gulf Road for slightly more than an hour.The woman was driving a gray...

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

BERNARDSTON — The majority of the 82 residents at Wednesday’s Special Town Meeting voted in favor of buying Raymond’s Repair to be the new location of the town’s Fire Station, taking advantage of what Fire Chief Peter Shedd described as “a tremendous...

By MARY BYRNE

NORTHFIELD — While the town awaits the state’s decision on Fire Chief Floyd “Skip” Dunnell III’s requested employment extension, the Selectboard continued its discussion this week on how to establish a path forward in the case of his absence. With...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After a lengthy discussion Wednesday night, City Council voted to remove the police and fire chief positions from Civil Service, bringing both in congruence with their respective departments’ rank-and-file officers.“The Civil Service...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Northampton Fire Chief Jon Davine was 27 years old when he entered the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy as a new recruit, before joining Northampton Fire Rescue in 1998. Now 25 years later, Davine will soon be the highest-ranking...

By BELLA LEVAVI

WHATELY — The community celebrated three retiring firefighters on Saturday, including the chief, whose contributions total more than 150 years of service to the town.Retired Chief John Hannum, his brother Peter Hannum and John Lasalle all started...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

BERNARDSTON — A new proposal for the town’s fire station could provide the department with additional space for a fraction of the cost. According to Selectboard Chair Stanley Garland, Raymond’s Repair owner Chris Raymond is willing to sell his...

By PAUL FRANZ and DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE FALLS — A grow light in an apartment above an attached garage is the likely culprit behind a fire that damaged the two-story building housing Trailside Health at 111 Bridge St. on Friday morning, according to the Shelburne Falls fire...

By CHRIS LARABEE

LEYDEN — Once down to one man, the Leyden Fire Department is rising from the ashes to build a small, dependable department focused on emergency response.As recently as February, the department was comprised solely of then-officer-in-charge and now...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Kids hear it constantly: “Pay attention in school.” Not always, however, is the topic a matter of life or death in the way it could have been for 11-year-old Jayden Weber.Jayden was awarded the state’s Student Awareness of Fire...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Following the retirement of its longtime fire chief, the Whately Fire Department swore in another lifelong member to fill the position on Tuesday.Before family, friends and representatives from neighboring public safety departments, JP...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The state Fire Marshal’s Office could not determine the cause or point of origin for the Wednesday night fire that destroyed a vacant Tully Road double-wide trailer, though the blaze is not considered suspicious in nature.A passerby reported...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Two people were hospitalized following a head-on collision on the Route 2 bypass near Adams Road Thursday afternoon.First responders were dispatched after 1:30 p.m. for a report of two pickup trucks colliding head-on just past the Adams...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — What started as following in his father’s footsteps turned into a career spanning more than half a century for John Hannum.And on his 70th birthday in mid-June, Hannum will retire from his role as Whately fire chief after 19 and a half years...

By LIESEL NYGARD

HAWLEY — To provide a backup to its emergency paging system, the Fire Department has subscribed to a cellular paging app called IamResponding after receiving Selectboard approval.Along with dispatchers having the ability to send messages to...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MILLERS FALLS — The former Montague Lions Club lodge at 335 Wendell Road, which collapsed during a snowstorm this winter, caught fire Tuesday evening as a crew worked to remove debris.According to Lauralyn Brown, who owns the property and lives across...