20th Anniversary of Happy Land Fire Nears
Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the blaze, started by a jilted ex-boyfriend at a social club at 1959 Southern Blvd that left 87 people dead.
Lessons From Fire Still Linger
The Happy Land fire tradegy is a stark reminder of the dangers posed by unlicensed buildings, and a warning to the city agencies that oversee them.
St. Martin of Tours Pastor Still Hard at Work
It was just last spring that Father John C. Flynn collapsed during a friendly game of golf and had to have a pacemaker put in his heart—an operation that, after complications, landed him in St. Barnabas Hospital for several days. But that bout with illness hasn’t kept the 81-year-old priest from his post at St. Martin of Tours Parish, where he’s been the pastor for over 20 years.
Award for 92-Year-old St. Barnabas Volunteer
Alice Stafford Otis, 92, first started working at St. Barnabas Hospital in 1969, and has been a volunteer there for the past 15 years.
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