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Golf Pro Apparently Struck, Killed by Falling Tree
A golf pro at a Massachusetts country club apparently died when a tree fell on his golf cart as violent thunderstorms with high winds moved through the region, police said. Thomas Sullivan, the pro at Wyantenuck Country Club, was found on the ground next to the cart at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by Great Barrington…
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Woman Charged with Stealing from Town Faces October Trial
Deborah Ball, 64, allegedly stole more than $100,000 in property and excise taxes paid in cash from 2015 to 2018 while working as assistant treasurer/collector in Great Barrington, The Berkshire Eagle reports. She has pleaded not guilty to larceny and embezzlement charges and is free on personal recognizance. She was fired in March 2019. Her attorney has not commented. She…
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Fire at Great Barrington Apartment Complex Claims 2nd Victim
The wife of a man who died in a fire at a Massachusetts apartment complex this week has succumbed to her injuries, authorities said. Susan Romano, 67, died at the hospital on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Berkshire district attorney said on Wednesday. Her husband, Michael Romano, 68, died at the scene of the fire Monday night at the Beech…
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1 Dead, 1 Hurt in Fire at Massachusetts Apartment Complex
Authorities say one person was killed and another was injured in a fire at a Great Barrington apartment complex on Monday night. The fire at the Beech Tree Apartments was reported at about 7:40 p.m., the department posted on its Facebook page. Firefighters were notified of possible entrapment and found two unresponsive people. They were transported to Fairview Hospital where…
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These Mass. Cities Aren't Observing Columbus Day Today
Six municipalities across Massachusetts celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day on Monday. According to The Boston Globe, those municipalites were Amherst, Northampton, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville and Great Barrington.
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Two Teenagers Recovering After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Two western Massachusetts teenagers are recovering after being found unresponsive in a home with high levels of carbon monoxide. Great Barrington fire officials say the teens were found Saturday and brought to a hospital. They are expected to make full recoveries.
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Woman Seriously Injured After Falling Off Cliff in Western Mass.
Over 50 rescuers were involved in securing a woman who’d fallen off of Squaw Peak in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on Saturday.
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Illegal Trash Dumper Leaves Witty Nod to Arlo Guthrie Song
Whoever dumped trash at the building made famous in Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 Thanksgiving protest anthem “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” has a sense of humor. The director of what’s now the Guthrie Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts discovered Tuesday someone had filled the dumpster with garbage and left a grubby sofa nearby.
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Police Identify 44-Year-Old Man Killed During Youth Turkey Hunt
A 44-year-old man was killed while participating in a youth turkey hunt on Saturday.