Boutchie's helmet, jacket and boots sit before the altar during memorial service for him last night.
Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times A standing room only crowd, including state Sen. Bruce Tarr, center, right, packed the church. Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times
Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times Firefighters from surrounding towns line the entrance to St. John the Baptist Church on Main Street in Essex, as family and friends of Essex Firefighter Glenn C. Boutchie enter for a memorial service Monday night. Desi Smith/Gloucester Daily Times
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ESSEX — The Essex Fire Department rang the last alarm for one its members Monday evening.
The alarm sounded around 7:30 p.m. after a memorial service for Firefighter Glenn C. Boutchie, a member of its ranks for more than 40 years. Family, friends, and firefighters from neighboring towns filled pews at St. John’s the Baptist Church, 52 Main St., as 61-year-old, who died Dec. 5, was remembered. His boots, fire jacket and helmet rested before the altar.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times. Francis Bruni, now of Rockport, originally of Gloucester, talking about his Navy service, including aboard the destroyer USS William D. Porter, on which he was serving when it sank, though no one was hurt or killed.
Francis Bruni is among the few remaining World War II veterans who escaped unharmed from a sinking destroyer damaged by a kamikaze pilot during the Battle of Okinawa on June 10, 1945, some two months before the end of the war. "I didn't even get my f
Continued ...When it comes to service to one's country, all veterans stand in one circle. In the case of Cape Ann's Memorial Day services Monday morning, there will be a blending of all sorts of ceremonies, with a special Gloucester focus this Monday holiday on
Continued ...BOSTON -- Gloucester is targeted to receive more than $1 million in so-called Chapter 90 funding for local road improvements, paving and repair projects -- and Cape Ann is in line to receive more than $1.7 milion overall -- but much of the summer rep
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