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By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Cleanup has begun at the site of a freight train derailment that sent 15 railroad cars carrying non-hazardous merchandise off the tracks Tuesday afternoon.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WENDELL — No injuries were reported after a freight train carrying merchandise derailed in Wendell Tuesday afternoon, knocking 15 railroad cars off the track, according to Wendell Fire Chief Joe Cuneo.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN and DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — After emergency personnel responded to a report of someone calling for help, searches of the power canal along Depot Street on Monday and Tuesday did not locate anyone, according to Turners Falls Fire Chief Todd Brunelle.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Announcing the Fire Department’s end-of-year report before the Public Safety Commission this week, Fire Chief Robert Strahan said 2024 was the department’s “busiest year on record.”

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — The Northfield Fire Department has found a used rescue truck in New York to replace its 1986 GMC rescue truck.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERIand DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A 65-year-old Westfield man is dead after falling into a sand silo at Chicopee Concrete Service on Friday morning.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Local businesses rallied to help a Shelburne Falls couple whose home caught fire Saturday night, providing them with a place to stay and getting started on repairs, while also providing snacks and drinks for firefighters.

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 ZICHANG LIU

“Did you smell the barbecue smell in the air?” That was a question many Massachusetts residents frequently asked over the last few months.New England is well-known for its vibrant autumn foliage, especially this fall — when days were mostly bright and...

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...