Erving News

Orange firefighters were able to work through the quickly falling temperatures Monday night to contain a house fire at 71 Intervale Rd.

The town has asked other small towns across the state, including Ware and Whately, to back state legislation that could impact the way presidential contests are decided, but similar bills in other states have been lightning rods for partisan anger.

It was a clear day in June. Roads were dry. There wasn't a single reason a car should have swerved into Raymond Puchalski's lane as he drove on a straight-away in Erving.

The Erving Board of Selectmen has sent letters out to the officials of nearly every town in Massachusetts requesting they ask their legislators to support a House bill that would replace the state's current Electoral College votes system with one that aims to give small towns a stronger role.

A single bottle of water may have kept a house from burning down Wednesday afternoon.