All Safe at Sharon's Heights Elementary After Suspicious Package Received in Mail

School resumes Wednesday 'as usual.'

Sharon's Heights Elementary School had a scare after dismissal Tuesday, when the school received "a suspicious package in the mail," school officials told parents in an alert. The package prompted Sharon Police and firefighters to respond, the message said. "As a precautionary measure the area bomb squad was also called to the scene. After securing the premises and examining the contents of the package, all is deemed safe and secure," the message said. "As Heights is one of the locations for the Community Education After Care program, those students still on site were removed from the school. Thank you to the staff of the After Care program, to the administration of Heights Elementary School, and to the Director of Community Education for …

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Sharon Firefighters Respond to Three Accidents

Here are the highlights of the Sharon Fire log.

Sharon firefighters responded to motor vehicle accidents over the past week, according to the Sharon Fire log. On Monday, May 7 at 9:07 a.m., firefighters responded to Farnum Road at Sandy Ridge Circle for a reported motor vehicle accident with injuries, and provided first aid and checked for injuries. On Tuesday, May 8 at 3:50 p.m., firefighters responded to East at Plain streets for a reported motor vehicle accident with injuries, and provided basic life support. On Saturday, May 12 at 8:36 p.m., firefighters responded, mutual aid, to a reported motor vehicle accident with injuries at Interstate 95 Exit 8, and provided manpower. Here are the other highlights of the Sharon Fire log for May 6 to May 12, courtesy of the Sharon Fire …

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Sharon Deputy Fire Chief Retires

Steven Cummings will continue as interim deputy chief.

Sharon Deputy Fire Chief Steven Cummings has retired, but will stay on as interim deputy for the next three to six months, Fire Chief James Wright said today. Cummings became a full-time Sharon firefighter on Sept. 17, 1978, becoming deputy chief on July 16, 2000, Wright said. Cummings retired last week, on April 30, Wright said. "He immediately offered to stay on so that we can prepare and conduct a replacement process," Wright said. "I hope to have a new Deputy selected and in place in September," the chief added. Selectmen approved a contract for Cummings for interim deputy chief Monday night. Wright said the contract is for three months, with up to three one-month extensions allowed. Cummings will work 32 hours per week, which is a …

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EMS Calls Keep Sharon Firefighters Busy

Here are the highlights of the Sharon Fire log.

Here are the highlights of the Sharon Fire log for April 29 to May 5, courtesy of the Sharon Fire Department: On Sunday, April 29 at 1:39 p.m., firefighters responded to a reported unauthorized burning at 12 Iron Hollow Road, and enforced the code. At 8:14 p.m., EMS responded to 14 Borderland Road, and transported one person to the hospital. At 8:46 p.m., EMS responded to Interstate 95 North, north of Exit 9, and transported one person to the hospital. On Tuesday, May 1 at 1:33 p.m., firefighters responded, mutual aid, to 36 Park St. in Stoughton for a building fire, and helped extinguish it. At 5:40 a.m., EMS responded to 59 Rosewood Drive, and transported one person to the hospital. At 8:38 a.m., firefighters investigated a report of …

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Sharon FD Assists at Early Morning Fire in Stoughton

The three-alarm fire left 17 homeless.

An early morning three-alarm fire at a home on Park Street in Stoughton has displaced 17 people, including an infant, Stoughton Fire Chief Mark Dolloff said. Crews from Avon, Brockton, Canton, Easton, Holbrook and Sharon all responded to the scene at 34/36 Park St., as did investigators from the Massachusetts Fire Marshal's office and the Providence Canteen Unit. Firefighters received a call at 1:22 a.m. for a smell of smoke at that address There were heavy fire conditions in this large 2.5 story wood frame structure, according to the Stoughton Fire Department's Facebook page. It took about three hours to knock down the fire. While five families were displaced, there were no reports of injuries to civilians or to the crews that responded, …

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Sharon Firefighters Extinguish a Number of Fires

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Sharon firefighters extinguished seven fires last week, according to the Sharon Fire log. At 10:58 a.m. Sunday, April 22, firefighters investigated a prescribed fire at 216 North Main St. At 9:33 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, firefighters investigated a reported unauthorized burning at 349 South Main St. A short time after, at 9:52 a.m., firefighters extinguished a passenger vehicle fire on Interstate 95, north of Exit 10. On Wednesday, April 25 at 2:06 p.m., firefighters investigated a fire confined to a fuel burner/boiler malfunction at 76 Pleasant St. Later, at 4:41 p.m., firefighters investigated an authorized controlled burning at 52 Upland Road. On Thursday, April 26 at 11:57 a.m., firefighters investigated an authorized controlled burning…

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Saturday Night Crash Seriously Injures Driver

The vehicle sideswiped a utility pole.

A car sideswiped a North Main Street utility pole and went off the road Saturday night, seriously injuring the driver, Fire Chief James Wright said today. A Sharon ambulance took the driver to a Boston trauma center, Wright said. Sharon fire officials had requested a medical helicopter, but were told the rainy weather prevented it from flying, he said. The crash was reported at 380 North Main St. at 8:10 p.m., according to the Sharon Fire log. Sharon Police identified the driver as a 45-year-old Abington man.

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EMS Calls Keep Sharon Firefighters Busy

Here are the highlights of the Sharon Fire log.

Here are the highlights of the Sharon Fire log for April 15 to April 21, courtesy of the Sharon Fire Department: On Sunday, April 15 at 11:43 a.m., EMS responded, mutual aid, to 9 Community Way and transported one person to the hospital. At 12:21 p.m., firefighters responded to 443 East Foxboro St. to investigate a reported electrical wiring/equipment problem. At 6:16 p.m., firefighters responded to 330 South Main St. for a reported motor vehicle accident with injuries, and transported one person to the hospital. On Monday, April 16 at 2:01 a.m., EMS responded to 49 Bayberry Drive and transported one person to the hospital. At 10:07 p.m., EMS responded, mutual aid, to 9 Lee Road and transported one person to the hospital. On Tuesday, April…

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Fire Strikes Sharon Home

No one was home when the fire at 37 West Ridge Drive was reported.

A house fire displaced a Sharon family this afternoon. The residents of 37 West Ridge Drive weren't home when a neighbor reported the fire, at 2:55 p.m., Fire Chief James Wright said at the scene. The family indicated it would stay with friends following the incident, he said. The blaze "started in the rear of the building" and caused "substantial fire damage to the rear rooms, and then heat and smoke throughout the rest" of the house, Wright said. The fire's cause is under investigation, he said. Sharon, Stoughton, Canton and Foxborough firefighters, a Mansfield ambulance, and investigators from the Massachusetts Fire Marshal's office responded to the fire. A Canton firefighter showed signs of heat-related issues and was taken by …

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