By Jaime Thomas As area fire departments were finishing up a long, strenuous day on Main Street, they were called to respond to a working brush fire at 181 Beecher Road. Noreen Tennant had stopped home to drop off her son, who didn’t want to wait at his grandmother’s doctor appointment, when she noticed a [...]
One killed in Saturday Blaze
Despite a quick response by local firefighters, an early-morning fire in West Pawlet, Vt ., killed one man and destroyed two buildings, including a long-time neighborhood grocery, on March 26. The owners of Dutchie’s General Store of West Pawlet, Vt., Eric Swanson and Will Kuban, were initially trapped by the flames, but escaped from the [...]
Close Call in East Quaker Fire
Workers clearing limbs away from power lines spotted smoke and called 911early Monday afternoon saving a residence and possibly a man’s life as a fire caused damage to an East Quaker Street home. No injuries were reported. Workers Nick Tousant and Jon LaFave from Lewis Tree Service, formerly Tamarack Trees, said they noticed smoke coming [...]
border fire
Early reports are coming in regarding a fire near the border in North Granville. The fire broke out around 6 p.m. in a trailer park across from Vittengl (spelling?) Ford in the Comstock/ Fort Ann area just up Route 22 from the North Granville border. Fire companies from North, Middle Granville and Fort Ann and [...]






