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Angela Giovine was exasperated by the time her email landed in my inbox. “I was hoping someone would hear it as a cry for help,” Giovine recalled when I asked her what prompted the Randolph, Massachusetts homeowner to reach out to the NBC10 Investigators. At the time she sat down to write the message in late October, Giovine had unsuccessfully…

Columbia Gas is on scene in Monson for a possible overpressurization of gas lines in the western Massachusetts town, but say, “there are no current safety concerns at this time.” Monson police said just after 5 p.m. that Columbia Gas had recently contacted them to report a possible overpressurization of gas lines. As a precaution, police said the gas company...

The utility company blamed for natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley last September is resuming efforts to replace heating equipment damaged in homes and businesses. Mark Kempic, chief operating officer for Columbia Gas, said Thursday the company began to install new boilers and hot water heaters for about 900 customers in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover this week.

The utility company blamed for September’s natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts is enlisting former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to oversee its safety efforts. NiSource said Thursday that the former Republican congressman from Illinois will chair a new board charged with reviewing the company’s rollout of a new safety management system across the seven states it...

Federal prosecutors have been conducting a criminal investigation into the natural gas explosions and fires that rocked three communities north of Boston in September. NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, disclosed Thursday it is cooperating with a criminal investigation by U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling’s office. The Indiana-based utility made the disclosure in its quarterly financial...

Less than a week after announcing restoration plans for the Merrimack Valley, Columbia Gas reported that the venting natural gas project will be postponed until Wednesday due to the weather.