Police & Fire

Lightning strikes, car accidents, and malice (yes, malice) are all featured in this week’s log. Monday 4/6/09 13:52 EMS call Newton Street 15:31 EMS call Newton Street 16:24 Electrical wiring problem Turnpike Road 19:25 Vehicle accident with injuries Turnpike Road 21:48 Mobile property or vehicle fire Parmenter Road and Pine Hill Road Sunday 4/5/09 06:59 Read the full article → from Fire department logs

Photos from Monday’s single-car accident that closed both directions of Route 9 for several hours are posted on the Southborough Fire Department’s website. The accident brought power lines down across all lanes of the highway. One pole with a transformer caused some damage when it fell onto a building. The driver of the car was Read the full article → from More photos from Monday’s accident on Route 9, plus a forklift fire

Around 7:25 pm last night, a vehicle going westbound on Route 9 struck a utility pole at the entrance of 257/259 Turnpike Road (the Deerfoot Office Park). The force of the impact split the pole in two. When the pole fell, it brought down a pole it was connected to on the other side of Read the full article → from More details on last night’s Route 9 accident

When it rains it pours. At least that was the case for the Southborough Fire Department last week – both literally and figuratively. The wild weather that rolled through on Friday led to calls for two apparent lightning strikes. Those calls, along with a couple other incidents, made for a busy week. Lightning strikes The Read the full article → from Lightning strikes twice in Southborough

Here are the logs for the week. Monday 3/30/09 06:59 Vehicle accident with injuries Southville Road 10:34 EMS call Turnpike Road 19:56 Arcing/shorted electrical equipment Oregon Road Sunday 3/29/09 13:15 Assist invalid Moulton Road 17:13 EMS call Gilmore Road Saturday 3/28/09 10:57 EMS call Newton Street 11:09 Unintentional alarm system activation Wyndemere Drive 21:53 EMS Read the full article → from Latest logs from the fire department

Check out how your fire department spent (some of) its time this week in the latest logs. Read the full article → from Latest fire logs posted

I heard a rumor that Red Barn Coffee was broken into this week, so I stopped by the Police Department to check it out. Turns out it’s true. Officer James DeLuca told me the report came in around 6:00 am on Monday morning. The burglar pried open a side door to get in. The good Read the full article → from Break-in at Red Barn Coffee

For those of you following the story of the crash on Southville Road last December that killed Framingham High student Jamoan James, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports two people were indicted on murder, assault and other charges last week. One of the indicted was the driver of a second car that allegedly rammed the Read the full article → from Two indicted in fatal Southville Road crash

The weekly fire logs are posted. This week they include something called a “high angle rescue” on Saddle Hill Lane. I have no idea what that means, but it certainly sounds dramatic. And the folks over at the Southborough Villager have been busy. They posted three week’s worth of police logs in the past few Read the full article → from Fire and police logs for the week(s)

The latest fire logs are up. There’s the usual spate of false alarms — unintentional and otherwise — along with car accidents and EMS calls. Take a look. Read the full article → from What’s been keeping the fire department busy

I’ve posted the latest logs from the fire department for your perusal. Some of you asked if I could post the police logs, as well. I looked into it, and while technically I could do it, there’s one problem: I’m lazy. Each week the fire department kindly emails me their logs, so there’s absolutely no Read the full article → from Latest fire logs and police logs … sort of