Danielle Barton, a paramedic and firefighter for the Amherst Fire Department, is used to working when other people are celebrating. When she’s on duty for a holiday such as Thanksgiving, she always ...

Firefighters from around western Massachusetts are still on the scene of a three-alarm fire that began Friday night in the town of Amherst, destroying a building that provided off-campus housing to ...

“This incident serves as a critical warning, as our town includes numerous high-occupancy structures housing vulnerable residents with complex mobility and health needs,” Amherst Firefighters Local ...