Major Stories
NIOSH Releases Worcester Fire Report
While not placing blame, report offers a dozen suggestions on fireground operations to avoid repeat of nation's worst building fire tragedy in more than 20 years.
• NIOSH Report Summary & Full Report Download
1,000+ Attend Worcester Seminar
Jersey City Fire Battalion Chief Robert W. Cobb said he'll never forget the drive home to New Jersey after attending the heart-wrenching memorial service Dec. 9.
• Lt. preaches preparation
Barnes' Family Looks to Her Future
Julie Ann Barnes' surrogate mother yesterday praised a judge's decision to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against the young woman.
Judge Drops Worcester Charges
A Superior Court judge yesterday dismissed indictments against two homeless people stemming from the Dec. 3 warehouse fire in which six city firefighters perished, ruling there was insufficient evidence to support involuntary manslaughter charges filed against the pair.
Ceremony Honors Fallen Heroes
A single bell tolled six times, once each for Worcester firefighters Paul A. Brotherton, Jeremiah M. Lucey, Timothy P. Jackson, Joseph T. McGuirk and fire lieutenants Thomas E. Spencer and James F. Lyons III.
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