PITTSFIELD — Growing up, Shannon Regan admired a cousin who worked as a paramedic for the Westfield Fire Department. That cousin is still on the job — and now Regan is too, having followed that path ...

Joe Thompson was an EMS stalwart with Rescue, Inc. for more than four decades. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger This article by Fran Lynggaard Hansen first appeared in The Commons on May 10.