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ACUSHNET - The Acushnet Fire Department is taking action after a preventable tragedy in the town. Two weeks ago, a father and son were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in their home, which had no smoke or CO detectors. Beginning today, parents of Acushnet students will be asked via email to check if they have working CO detectors in their homes...

An early morning fire has crippled operations at a building that houses a charitable organization and a Standard Times facility. Acushnet Fire Chief Kevin Gallagher tells WBSM News a transformer in a small freestanding structure at 1 Titleist Drive off of Slocum Street caught fire, burning the small building to the ground and effectively cutting off power to the larger, warehouse-style building...

ACUSHNET - Officials have nailed down the cause of a deadly carbon monoxide poisoning that killed two people in Acushnet this week. 41-year-old Joseph Lopes and his nine-year-old son Colin were found dead in their Buttonwood Lane home Wednesday morning...

Eversource has walked back plans for a trucking facility at a proposed expansion of it's LNG storage tanks off of Peckham Road in Acushnet. The language in the proposal last month sparked quick action from town Fire Chief Kevin Gallagher and Police Chief Michael Alves, who brought it to the attention of the general public and the state and federal government...