Carleen Madigan and Cathy Stillerman of Cummington, MA: Dear Friends, We know that many of you have already received this information, but for those of you who haven’t, we wanted to share the sad news that our beloved West Cummington Congregational Church burned to the ground last Sunday, in a furnace-related fire. Not only is the church (we say *is* because although the structure is gone, the congregation remains strong!) our neighbor… Read More

WGGB Reports: When parishioners of the West Cummington Congregational Church called their parish Sunday morning, this is the message that they heard: “I have sad news. A fire this morning has destroyed our beautiful, fine, funky, beloved church.” The message from minister Stephen Philbrick spread the news quickly. The church that had stood for 171 years had burned to the ground. The fire started just before 6 a.m. Sunday. It took seven… Read More