Firefighter honored for 60 years of service

The baby in the front row at last night's ceremony honoring firefighter Maurice E. "Snooks" Carr was plenty wiggly. But not as wiggly as the evening's honoree, the infant's grandfather.

Mr. Carr, 78, was embarrassed by all the attention: the roomful of family members, friends, and fellow firefighters and fire department officials applauding him, and by the mounting pile of proclamations and commemorative plaques in his lap.

It was a special ceremony held in the open bay of Company 3, the Riva Volunteer Fire Company, to honor him for his more than 60 years of service, all of it associated with the...