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Union fire fighters in Amherst, Massachusetts, are calling on town management to fully staff the department, after last week's blaze that destroyed an apartment building, displacing 232 people.
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Panelists break down the latest on the fires that devastated the UMass Amherst community, a rise in enrollment in vocational schools, collapsed plans for a long-awaited community center in Springfield, concerns about Mercy Medical Center’s future and more.
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