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‘It Was Incredible’: Search Team Hailed As Heroes For Saving Missing Central Mass Boy ‘It Was Incredible’: Search Team Hailed As Heroes For Saving Missing Central Mass Boy
‘It Was Incredible’: Search Team Hailed As Heroes For Saving Missing Central Mass Boy After a 5-year-old non-verbal autistic boy went missing earlier this year, a group of 60 police and civilians rushed and reunited him with his distraught parents in just a few hours. Now, they're being heralded as heroes.  Owen Goderre, 5, wandered off from his family’s home on Edson Road in Oakham with his dog, Tika, around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 20. Owen’s mom and dad, Samantha Kendall and Andrew Goderre, and his sister, Addie Goderre, frantically searched the nearby woods and the Ware River Watershed before calling the Rutland Regional Emergency Communications Center. Distrist …

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by Khier Casino
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Family Dog Killed In Central Mass Fire; Blaze Under Investigation Family Dog Killed In Central Mass Fire; Blaze Under Investigation
Family Dog Killed In Central Mass Fire; Blaze Under Investigation A fire in Worcester County earlier this week nearly destroyed a home and killed a family dog, authorities said.  Fire crews responded to the blaze just before 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, at 1075 Dana Road in Barre after a neighbor saw smoke pouring from the home's second floor and called 911, the Barre Fire Department said.  Firefighters burst through the front door and were met by "heavy fire," the report said. They were able to contain the blaze within 20 minutes.  The home was heavily damaged in the fire, but no one was injured. A family dog died in the conflagration…

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by Josh Lanier