Billerica man identified as worker killed in fatal construction accident in Newton
By John R. Ellement and Emily Sweeney Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 5:04 p.m.
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First responders on the scene of a construction accident Thursday in Newton, where a concrete wall fell on a worker at the site of a home expansion project on Winchester Street.Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
A Billerica man was identified by officials as the worker killed when a concrete wall fell on him Thursday while he was working at a Newton house undergoing renovation and expansion.
Russell J. Harron, 55, who was pronounced dead at the scene on Winchester Street, was identified Friday as the victim of the on-the-job fatality by Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryanâs office.
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A 55-year-old man who was working in the foundation of a Newton home on Thursday, died after a concrete wall collapsed on top of him, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office.
Billerica resident Russell J. Harron died while working at 315 Winchester St.
Speaking in front of the home, Newton Fire Chief Gino Lucchetti said the incident, which began at 8 a.m., “started off as a rescue operation … and it turned into a recovery operation.”
Asked how the firefighters were doing after such a traumatic incident, the chief responded it’s “very difficult … emotional.”
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Empty offices, hybrid models â and a golden opportunity to rethink urban living
Updated April 29, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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Consider bold vision of a whole new live-and-work space
So a âgrand experimentâ is happening in Boston as employers step gingerly into the post-COVID world of office occupancy, eh? The front-page article âEmployers crafting a new model of where we will workâ (April 28) hints at an opportunity for a bold new vision of live-and-work space, and I am wondering when the development community will step into the future.
Imagine abandoned floors of office buildings redesigned as cooperative living spaces, with spacious private bed and bath suites within pods that offer a communal kitchen, social spaces, and amenities for single and coupled residents, and at total costs that beat the exorbitant rents of neighborhood apartments.