By CHRIS COLLINS
(Turners Falls, MA) — Turners Falls is getting a new fire chief. Long-time Chief John Zellmann is retiring next month, capping a 37-year career in firefighting. Succeeding Zellmann will be Deputy Fire Chief Brian McCarthy, who joined the department as a call firefighter in 2005 and worked his way up to captain and was eventually appointed deputy in 2019. He takes over as chief on November 15th.