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Collapse victim still recovering

A visit by some of the emergency responders who aided in the rescue of Megan Angelone helped lift the Washington woman’s spirits recently.“They came to the hospital to see her last week,” said Angelone’s aunt, Lisa Gresh. “She was really happy with that.”<a ...

A hearing on the code enforcement citations filed against the owners of a downtown Washington building that collapsed in July has been postponed for a fourth time.Elizabeth Tarasi, attorney for 15 N. Main St. owners Mark and Melissa Russo, said she requested a continuance because she is working ...

The rubble had barely settled following the July 12 collapse of the three-story “Montgomery Building” on North Main Street in Washington when the questions started.Could the failure of the structure have been foreseen? Was enough done beforehand to prevent it? Are there any other buildings ...

Months before a downtown Washington apartment building caved in, trapping a woman for more than nine hours, a longtime tenant told the city code enforcement officer the conditions of the building’s foundation were “severe and dangerous” and complained of a “massive crack” in the ...

The owners of an apartment building that partially collapsed in downtown Washington last month face almost three dozen new citations for alleged ordinance violations at other rental properties in the city.<a href="#photo1">City</a> officials filed the 33 citations ...

Some residents of a downtown Washington apartment building that partially collapsed were able to retrieve a portion of their belongings Monday morning.Residents fled the building at 15 N. Main St., also called the “Montgomery Building,” as a rear section came down the morning of July 12, ...