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• Pelham school district donates house to Fire Department

  BY DERRICK PERKINS For Fire Chief James Midgely, it’s the gift that keeps giving – a 17-room, two-story home donated by the school district to the department for handson practice. Saturday, Oct. 24, marked the first of many training sessions Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:50 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, school district, training

• Crash damage to fire station shows what will happen if road changes

  BY DERRICK PERKINS With the Pelham Fire Station left with only two working bay doors after a motorist rammed the fire house last month, Chief James Midgley is worried the situation is just a glimpse of what is to come. Midgely has had to juggle how emergency Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:12 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department

• Fire destroys Pelham mobile home

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Authorities believe the cause of the fire that destroyed a mobile home on Mammoth Road on Aug. 17 was accidental, although the blaze remains under investigation. According to Fire Chief James Midgley, the fire ignited somewhere in the Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:45 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department

• Pelham will sell firetruck rather than repair it

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Shawn Buckley is one of the few local firefighters who had the opportunity to use the department’s aging ladder truck – now out of service and set to be sold off – during an actual fire. His one complaint: the ladder Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:13 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, firetruck

• Pelham may be closer to new fire station due to state ruling on stimulus funds

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Town Administrator Tom Gaydos said he’s pleased with a piece of state legislation passed earlier this month that will loosen restrictions on receiving federal aid from the federal economic stimulus package. Passed by the New Hampshire Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:43 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, stimulus, State Senate

• Planned roundabouts in Pelham may delay fire response

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Local firefighters are worried a project designed to rework the roadways in the center of town will result in slower emergency response times. Selectmen gave state officials at the Department of Transportation the green light to draw Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:13 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, selectmen, roundabout, Department of Transportation

• Pelham Fire station fails

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A proposal that would have funded the construction of a new fire station failed to gain a threefifths majority at yesterday’s polls, marking the third time in recent years voters have rejected replacing the existing out-of-code Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:28 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, voting, budget, zoning

• Fire station warrant moves to Pelham ballot

  BY DERRICK PERKINS A petitioned warrant article calling for the raising of $4.7 million for a new fire station came through the town’s Feb. 3 deliberative session largely intact. A single amendment made to the article – proposed by Douglas Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:50 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, voting, budget

• Pelham fire station, bigger business zone before voters

  BY DERRICK PERKINS For the third year in a row, residents will have the opportunity to consider putting a $4.7 million warrant article for the construction of a new fire station on the March ballot. While selectmen opted against asking voters to appropriate Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:24 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, voting

• Pelham fire chief up for Mass. job

  BY DERRICK PERKINS After more than two years fighting fires in New Hampshire, Pelham Fire Chief Michael Walker may be heading south to take up the top position with the fire department in Middleborough, Mass. Walker – out on medical leave waiting Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:40 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department

• Pelham firefighters and third-graders become pen pals to teach fire safety

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Working with teachers and educators, Pelham Fire Chief Michael Walker is addressing his new fire safety program to elementary school children by pairing up students and firefighters as pen pals. With a budget for community outreach Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 4:20 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, firefighters, fire department, pelham elementary school

• Pelham Fire Department faces budget cuts

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Facing rising costs and potentially restricting budget constraints for next year, Fire Chief Michael Walker remains supportive of a move by selectmen to keep the budget under control. “They’re taking on the responsibility Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:30 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department, budget

• Veteran Pelham firefighter dies at 48

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Pelham firefighters saluted one of their fallen brethren with a cigar- smoking gathering on Monday, July 21, after learning of the sudden death of veteran firefighter Howard Mastropiero. Mastropiero, 48, a firefighter with the Pelham Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:18 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department

• Pelham firefighters wear red T-shirts to show support for troops

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Local firefighters have begun honoring the sacrifices made by U.S. servicemen and women in a quiet, weekly nonpartisan show of support while on the job. Donning red T-shirts emblazoned with the words “support our troops” Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:25 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department

• Citations presented at 74th Pelham Firefighters’ Ball

  By Elise Talanian Pelham Fire Chief Michael A. Walker paid tribute to five members of the Pelham Firefighters’ Association, and to the manager, at the 74th annual Pelham Firefighters’ Ball, which took place Saturday, Jan. 26, at Harris’ Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:08 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Pelham, fire department