The Townsend, MA, Fire Dept. has received an HME Ahrens-Fox 2,500-gallon tanker. It's built on a 1871-W HME Ahrens-Fox chassis and a MFDxl-12 mid-roof cab with a large windshield. It is powered by a ...

The fire department chief in Townsend is facing allegations that he violated the state’s conflict of interest law when his private company received more than $5 million in contracts from the town, the ...