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Worthington Brush fire

Worthington brush fire has been contained, officials say

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By Patrick Fergus and Mark Gardyna
A multiple acre brush fire in Worthington sent a large emergency response team to fight it.

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Crews are working to put out a house fire in Ware.

Mutual aid called to three-alarm fire in Ware

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Ben Goodman and Mark Gardyna
Crews are working to put out a house fire in Ware.

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Mother of Enfield child killed with drugs in system arrested

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Alyssa Drumm and Quinn Pramberger
Enfield police announced Friday that the mother of 12-year-old Eve Rogers, who was found dead with drugs in her system in March, has been arrested.

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Lindsay Clancy sits in Plymouth Superior Court, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, during a hearing set...

Clancy case motions set for Monday after mistrial

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Madison Lisowski and Mark Gardyna
Clancy is charged with killing her three young children inside their Duxbury home in January 2023.

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Our yearly ghost hunt with Agawam Paranormal took us to the H.A. Moses Scout Reservation as...

Ghost hunters investigate reported activity at Moses Scout Reservation

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Chris Pisano and Ryan Trowbridge
Our yearly ghost hunt with Agawam Paranormal took us to the H.A. Moses Scout Reservation as Halloween approached.

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First responders warn that the combination can create safety risks for drivers and families.

Increased Halloween foot traffic brings safety concerns

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By David Germain and Ryan Trowbridge
First responders warn that the combination can create safety risks for drivers and families.

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The roundabout will be shaped like a teardrop rather than a perfect circle to fit the tight...

Holyoke plans roundabout at busy intersection

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Raegan Loughrey and Ryan Trowbridge
The roundabout will be shaped like a teardrop rather than a perfect circle to fit the tight space.

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Cleanup work is underway at the former Vibra Hospital on State Street after the property...

Cleanup underway at former Vibra Hospital site in Springfield

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Ryan Trowbridge and Samantha O'Connor
Cleanup work is underway at the former Vibra Hospital on State Street after the property owners paid the agreed-upon costs, Mayor Domenic Sarno said.

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Firefighters extinguished an overnight house fire on Front Street in the Three Rivers section...

Crews extinguish overnight house fire in Three Rivers

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By David Germain and Sloane Wick
 Firefighters extinguished an overnight house fire on Front Street in the Three Rivers section of Palmer early Friday morning.

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Eleven people displaced, dog dead following Springfield fire.

11 displaced, dog dead following fire

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By Hanna Guidry
According to the Springfield Fire Department, eleven people are without a place to live and one dog has died in a fire in Springfield Thursday night.
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Whately crash leaves one person dead

Whately crash leaves one person dead

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
One person is dead after a crash in Whately.

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The cemetery is one of two state-run veterans cemeteries in Massachusetts.

State commits to expanding Mass. Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM EDT
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By Patrick Fergus and Ryan Trowbridge
The cemetery is one of two state-run veterans cemeteries in Massachusetts.

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Salem’s witch trial stories remain a warning centuries later

Salem’s witch trial stories remain a warning centuries later

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM EDT
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By Sloane Wick and Ryan Trowbridge
Tour guides and a Western Massachusetts professor say the stories of the 1692 witch trials remain relevant more than three centuries later.

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Timofey Gavrilyuk missing

Westfield man missing for more than a month found dead

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM EDT
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By Samantha O'Connor and Ryan Trowbridge
A 26-year-old Westfield man who had been missing for more than a month has been found dead, according to information confirmed to Western Mass News.

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Holyoke Veterans Home ceremony brings families impacted by 2020 outbreak together

Holyoke Veterans Home ceremony brings families impacted by 2020 outbreak together

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM EDT
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By Ben Goodman and Ryan Trowbridge
The ceremony marked the beginning of what local leaders described as a new era for the home.

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Springfield educator named 2027 Teacher of the Year

Springfield educator named 2027 Teacher of the Year

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM EDT
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By Samantha O'Connor and Ryan Trowbridge
Her focus is dual-language education, making sure no child feels left out because of a language barrier.

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Officials gathered to cut the ribbon to mark the open of the new Veterans Home at Holyoke

New Holyoke Veterans Home marks project milestone with ribbon-cutting

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM EDT
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By Raegan Loughrey and Ryan Trowbridge
Estimated at over $465 million, the facility opens 6 years after a COVID-19 outbreak killed at least 76 veterans at the old Holyoke Soldiers’ Home

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Timeline: How Holyoke’s new Veterans’ Home came from crisis to completion

Timeline: How Holyoke’s new Veterans’ Home came from crisis to completion

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM EDT
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By Colleen Hill and Ryan Trowbridge
A newly rebuilt and renamed Veterans’ Home at Holyoke is celebrating the opening of its new facility, six years after a COVID-19 outbreak at the former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home killed veterans there.

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Fifteen years ago, a rare October snowstorm struck western Massachusetts, bringing down trees,...

Springfield remembers 2011 October snowstorm 15 years later

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 1:56 PM EDT
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By Matt Price and Ryan Trowbridge
Fifteen years ago, a rare October snowstorm struck western Massachusetts, bringing down trees, knocking out power and canceling school across the region.

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Mechanic: drivers should make these five car checks before winter cold

Mechanic: drivers should make these five car checks before winter cold

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM EDT
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By David Germain and Ryan Trowbridge
A local mechanic is urging drivers to check five parts of their vehicles before winter cold arrives to help avoid a breakdown in the snow.

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Chicopee man convicted of sexually assaulting former counseling client

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
A Chicopee man has been convicted for sexual assault against a former counseling client.

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Three people were arrested in Holyoke this week amid investigations into open-air drug...

Holyoke Police make three arrests during drug investigations

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
Three people were arrested in Holyoke this week amid investigations into open-air drug distribution.

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A West Springfield man will spend time in prison for a shooting that left a Ludlow man paralyzed.

West Springfield man sentenced after shooting leaves victim paralyzed

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
A West Springfield man will spend time in prison for a shooting that left a Ludlow man paralyzed.

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Police in West Springfield are looking for your help in identifying two suspects in a recent...

West Springfield Police seek help identifying armed robbery suspects

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
Police in West Springfield are looking for your help in identifying two suspects in a recent armed robbery.

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Holyoke Police arrest man accused in High Street stabbing

Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
One person has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Holyoke.

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WGGB Traffic Alert

Exit ramps along I-391 to be closed Thursday

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM EDT
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By Hanna Guidry and Mark Gardyna
MassDOT said in a statement that crews will be doing pavement marking and sign installation

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Eric Goralnick, secretary of the Executive Office of Veterans Services, told Western Mass News...

New veterans home set to open six years after deadly covid outbreak

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 5:28 PM EDT
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By Patrick Fergus and Mark Gardyna
A new chapter for veterans’ care in Holyoke.

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An Amherst couple is continuing their tradition of giving cookies to first responders in the...

Woman reportedly grabbed by neck at Amherst fraternity, records say

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM EDT
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By Raegan Loughrey and Ryan Trowbridge
According to the logs, the reported incident took place in the area of Theta Chi and the old Newman Center on North Pleasant Street.

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The man accused in a deadly weekend shooting near a local Boys and Girls Club appeared in...

Man charged in shooting near Holyoke Boys and Girls Club held without bail

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM EDT
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By Ben Goodman and Ryan Trowbridge
The man charged in a deadly shooting outside the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club was ordered held without bail after appearing before a judge for the second time Wednesday.

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Fireplace

Demand for firewood spikes as heating costs soar in Mass.

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM EDT
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By Colleen Hill and Mark Gardyna
As temperatures drop, keeping your family warm this winter is more important than ever.

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Cooler temperatures have not eliminated the risk of brush fires in western Massachusetts,...

Dry brush remains wildfire risk in western Massachusetts

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge and Matt Price
Cooler temperatures have not eliminated the risk of brush fires in western Massachusetts, where dry vegetation remains a potential source of fire, local crews said.

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Ismael Freytes-Rodriguez

Springfield man sentenced to 18 to 20 years for raping child

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 11:48 AM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
A Springfield man, recently convicted of raping a child, will spend over a decade in prison.

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Fire officials say the Berlin, N.Y. brush fire that spread into Massachusetts is now 100%...

Brush fire that spread from New York into Massachusetts now 100% contained

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026 at 6:25 AM EDT
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By David Germain
Fire officials say the Berlin, N.Y. brush fire that spread into Massachusetts is now 100% contained.

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Tax fraud

Tax relief application date extended in Springfield

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 9:46 PM EDT
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By Hanna Guidry
The program was created through home rule legislation under state law aimed at providing extra help to lower income homeowners

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Community talks new courthouse ahead of construction process

Community talks new courthouse ahead of construction process

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM EDT
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By Patrick Fergus and Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
The NAACP, the Urban League, and Hope CDC were in attendance

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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, top, makes remarks during the swearing in of...

Attorney General announces phone-free school grants

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 7:16 PM EDT
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By Hanna Guidry and Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
More than $625,000 is heading to 17 districts across Massachusetts, including East Longmeadow and Northampton

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Officials are working to find the leak.

Emergency repair work being done on water valves in Northampton

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM EDT
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By Samantha O'Connor and Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
Drivers should expect detours and delays

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Tippecanoe County Board Of Elections

Local election commissioner seeing influx of early voters

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT
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By Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini and Colleen Hill
Over 12,000 mail-in ballots and just over 1,000 in-person votes have been cast so far in Springfield

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Families of loved ones lost at veterans’ home during pandemic say they weren’t invited to...

Veterans’ families impacted by COVID outbreak receive late invitation to upcoming Holyoke ceremony

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM EDT
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By Raegan Loughrey, Photojournalist: Matt White, Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini and Jessica Michalski
As a new, state of the art building now stands on the hill, one woman says she was shocked to learn she and other families hadn’t been invited

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A brush fire that began Sunday in Berlin, NY grew from about one-and-a-half acres to 50 acres...

Community supporting firefighters responding to Berkshire County brush fire

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM EDT
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By Ben Goodman and Ryan Trowbridge
A brush fire that began Sunday in Berlin, NY grew from about one-and-a-half acres to 50 acres by Sunday evening and extended across the Massachusetts border.

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1 suffers smoke inhalation in Dunkin’ car fire

1 suffers smoke inhalation in Dunkin’ car fire

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM EDT
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By Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
Northampton Fire Rescue was dispatched to the Damon Road location

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The Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a winter of contrasts across the Northeast

Winter outlook calls for cold and snow, but forecasts differ

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 1:41 PM EDT
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By Chris Pisano and Ryan Trowbridge
The Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a winter of contrasts across the Northeast

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Several people were forced from their home after a fire Tuesday morning in Springfield.

Springfield fire displaces three people

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 11:04 AM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
Several people were forced from their home after a fire Tuesday morning in Springfield.

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Williams College bathroom camera case ends with guilty plea

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 9:13 AM EDT
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By Ryan Trowbridge
A 23-year-old man recently pleaded guilty to 16 counts of surveilling a person in a state of nudity or semi-nudity, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office.

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Drug takeback

Officials call Drug Take Back Day a ‘success’ across Western Massachusetts

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 8:46 AM EDT
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By Nasya Blackshear and Ryan Trowbridge
Officials are calling National Drug Take Back Day a success after communities across Western Massachusetts held events for residents to dispose of unused or expired prescriptions.

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Suspect expected in court to change plea in deaths of 3 road workers

West Springfield man expected to get 15 to 17 years after 3 construction workers hit, killed

Updated: Oct. 27, 2026 at 8:28 AM EDT
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By Matt Price, Ryan Trowbridge, Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini and Madison Lisowski
The workers were replacing a guardrail on the northbound side of I-91 when Bilal Griffith allegedly hit and killed them.

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BNapoli celebrates 10 years in business

BNapoli celebrates 10 years in business

Updated: Oct. 26, 2026 at 10:19 PM EDT
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By Hanna Guidry and Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
Monday’s event includes a ribbon cutting with Mayor Will Reichelt and local dignitaries

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House rooftop

Pros and cons of Question 7 ahead of midterms

Updated: Oct. 26, 2026 at 9:51 PM EDT
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By Madison Lisowski and Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
A “yes” vote on question 7 could allow homes to be built on lots as small as 5,000 square feet

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Former NASA astronaut visits local college during “Vote for Freedom” tour

Former NASA astronaut visits local college during “Vote for Freedom” tour

Updated: Oct. 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM EDT
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By Hanna Guidry and Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini
The group says going to the polls is one small step for each voter and one giant leap for the country

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FILE - A National Guard member was shot breaking up a fight in DC's Eastern Market. Police say...

National Guard called in to assist Western Mass. firefighters

Updated: Oct. 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM EDT
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By Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini and Patrick Fergus
The blaze is currently covering 157 acres in Williamstown, Healey announced
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