Cheshire Accident Sends Four to HospitalBy Andy McKeever,
09:27PM / Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | |
CHESHIRE, Mass. — Four people were taken to the hospital and a section of Route 8 was closed after a three-car accident at the Lanesborough Road intersection.
According to police, a 2009 Nissan Frontier driven by Earl Kahill, 72, of Hampton, N.Y. failed to stop at the end of Lanesborough Road and continued into the highway, colliding with a 2007 Toyota Yaris driven by Christopher Plankey, 33, of Adams.
The Frontier then spun off the road and hit a parked car in Joanie's parking lot.
Police said Kahill was unable to see the stop sign because of the heavy fog.
Unusually warm temperatures caused heavy fog
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Adams-Cheshire Administrator Faces Drug ChargeStaff Reports,
04:20PM / Friday, January 25, 2013 | |
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A police investigation led to the arrest on Thursday morning of an employee of the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District.
Supervisor of Special Services Kurt M. Garivaltis, 45, is being charged with possession of a Class B substance, Percocet. He is to be arraigned on Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Northern Berkshire District Court.
Superintendent Kristen Gordon confirmed on Friday that an employee was arrested after an ongoing investigation led authorities to do a car search in the school's parking lot and a search of the employee's office at about 7:45 a.m. on Thursday.
"At about 9 a.m., the authorities informed me they were going to make
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Cheshire Home Severely Damaged by FireBy Andy McKeever,
05:10PM / Thursday, January 24, 2013 | |
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A single-family home on School Street was severely damaged by fire on Thursday afternooon.
Firefighters responded to the call at about 3 p.m. of a fire in the basement.
"When they got here the fire had spread into the walls and up into the ceiling," said Fire Chief Tom Francesconi. "The first crews found heavy smoke, not a lot of fire at first, but when they made entry into the back of the house they found heavy fire near the furnace and in the chimney area."
Francesconi said it took about a 30 to 40 minutes to knock the visible flames down; firefighters were still mopping up
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Police Surround Reportedly Armed Pittsfield ManStaff Reports,
07:00PM / Saturday, July 21, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A large force of police from around central Berkshire County tracked down and surrounded a man believed to be armed in Cheshire on Saturday afternoon. Multiple Pittsfield police units were seen traveling north in search of a man driving a black Lincoln.
Sometime after 5 p.m., SWAT officers and a Crisis Intervention officer were dispatched to a location at West Mountain Road in Cheshire, which authorities gleaned from a trace of the individual's cell phone. The man was said to have made threats that he might do harm to himself.
Calls to dispatch indicated that the man's girlfriend told police he had a gun with a full clip, and eight additional rounds of 9 Comments
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Berkshire County Men Graduate From State Police Academy| 08:35PM / Friday, March 09, 2012 | |
WORCESTOR< Mass. — Two Berkshire County residents were among the first graduating state police class in five years.
Justin A. Kruszyna of Cheshire and Ryan E. Mauer of Pittsfield on Friday joined the ranks of the Massachusetts State Police with the 80th Recruit Training Troop. The 208 trainees were appointed to the rank of trooper at the DCU Center in Worcester.
Gov. Deval Patrick, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, Public Safety Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan and state police Col. Marian McGovern welcomed the graduates and Patrick addressed them and administered the oath to the troopers.
"These graduates hold the honor of being the largest, most highly trained 1 CommentRead More >> |
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