According to Fire Chief John Mauro Jr. two men were injured, one seriously, when they were struck by a tractor in the hay field off Chestnut Hill Road this afternoon. I heard an unconfirmed report that a Life Flight helicopter was summoned. More information as it becomes available. Update 5:49 pm: The Metrowest Daily News Read the full article → from Breaking news: Serious farm accident at Chestnut Hill
Police & Fire
In the media: Natick man dies from motorcycle accident injuries
The Metrowest Daily News reports that a Natick man who crashed is motorcycle into the back of an SUV earlier this month on Route 9 near White’s Corner has died from his injuries. Read the full article → from In the media: Natick man dies from motorcycle accident injuries
Vandals hit Wildwood and Southwood Drive homes
In the Wildwood and Southwood Drive neighborhood (map) just about every house has a lamppost gracing its front yard. But today many of those lampposts are lying on the ground. Linda over at Southborough News reports that vandals this weekend knocked over mailboxes and lightposts at more than a dozen homes in the neighborhood. If Read the full article → from Vandals hit Wildwood and Southwood Drive homes
What the Fire Department has been up to
Tuesday 7/14/09 10:49 Good intent call, Turnpike Road 12:07 EMS call, Admiral Lane 14:26 Unintentional transmission of alarm, Harvest Lane Wednesday 7/15/09 01:53 Service call, Marlboro Road 08:46 EMS call, North Street Thursday 7/16/09 05:26 EMS call, Southville Road 11:50 EMS call, Wildwood 14:17 Unintentional transmission of alarm, Sears Road 17:00 EMS call, Latisquama Road Read the full article → from What the Fire Department has been up to
Salad days at the Fire Station
The Southborough Fire Department is into local produce. And I mean really local. Each year firefighters plant a vegetable garden outside the fire station. This year the garden features cucumbers, several different kinds of peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, pumpkins, and more. The vegetables are used to make communal meals during each shift. Captain Joe Hubley said Read the full article → from Salad days at the Fire Station
In the media: Southborough’s old fire engine is still hot stuff
A new ladder truck to replace the one decommissioned in 2007 is estimated to cost around $1M. Compare that to what the town paid for its very first piece of firefighting equipment in 1896 — a whopping $150. That first handtub engine known as the Falcon is still in town, now maintained by the F.D. Newton Read the full article → from In the media: Southborough’s old fire engine is still hot stuff
What the fire department has been up to
Last week’s weather kept the Southborough Fire Department hopping, with 36 calls on Tuesday and some weather-related ones on Wednesday and Thursday to boot. The logs show the north side of town was hit particularly hard by the storm last Tuesday, with water problems reported on Sears Road, Parkerville Road, and Red Gate Lane among Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
What the fire department has been up to
This fire log doesn’t include all the calls from Tuesday’s storm. You can see those here. Tuesday 6/30/09 13:28 EMS call, Southville Road 14:38 Gas leak, Southville Road Wednesday 7/1/09 07:14 EMS call, Richards Road 09:33 Unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire, Turnpike Road 11:16 Unintentional smoke detector activation, no fire, Flagg Road Thursday 7/2/09 Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
Lightning strikes police station, officer injured
It comes as no surprise that yesterday was a busy day for emergency responders (looks like today might be too), but police and fire crews responded to one call yesterday that was a little too close to home. At around 2:15 pm, lightning struck the police station. An officer who was in the garage at Read the full article → from Lightning strikes police station, officer injured
Cordaville Road building eyed for new police station
There’s been an interesting development in the ongoing saga over securing a new facility to house the police department. The Metrowest Daily News reports town officials last week toured the High Speed Video Inc. building at 150 Cordaville Road (map) which recently came on the market. (Fire Chief) Mauro and (Interim Police Chief) Moran also Read the full article → from Cordaville Road building eyed for new police station
Magazine crews currently canvassing Southborough
A My Southborough reader wrote in to report that some door-to-door solicitors hawking magazine subscriptions visited her house earlier this week. I checked with Interim Chief Jane Moran, and she confirmed that an organization recently registered with the police department and will be going door-to-door throughout town for the next six weeks. Moran said the Read the full article → from Magazine crews currently canvassing Southborough
When it comes to speeding tickets, Southborough is about average
If you’re caught speeding in Southborough, how likely are you to get a ticket? The answer? Less likely than you are in Hopkinton, more likely than you are in Framingham. WHDH Channel 7 took a look at how much money towns inside the Route 495 loop collected in traffic tickets last year. The average was Read the full article → from When it comes to speeding tickets, Southborough is about average
Fire logs for the week
Tuesday 6/23/09 08:56 Vehicle accident with injuries, Turnpike Road 14:34 Vehicle accident with injuries, Turnpike Road and Route 85 15:30 Public service assistance, Parkerville Road 22:11 EMS call, Clifford Street Wednesday 6/24/09 08:26 Vehicle accident with injuries, Turnpike Road and Oak Hill Road 14:05 Unintentional alarm system activation, Northboro Road 20:54 Gasoline or other flammable Read the full article → from Fire logs for the week
Lightning safety tips from the fire department
We had a touch of thunder and lightning last night, so it seems like a good time to point you to some tips on lightning safety from the Southborough Fire Department. You can read about good places to take refuge during a storm (enclosed buildings, hard-topped cars) and not-so-good ones (open structures like dugouts and Read the full article → from Lightning safety tips from the fire department