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WATERTOWN — Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith wanted to make sure that city residents didn’t have to pay for a city tax increase this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WATERTOWN — Peyton L.S. Morse was going to celebrate four years of personal and academic growth when he received his diploma from Siena College later this month. Instead, family members, close friends and members of the Watertown and Shaker Road-Loudonville fire departments will come together Saturday on the campus, near Albany, for a special commencement ceremony for the fallen city firefighter. The young firefighter will receive his diploma posthumously after he suffered a medical emerge...

WATERTOWN — National investigators were in Watertown for three days talking to city fire department officials and family members as part of their investigations into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton L.S. Morse, who suffered a medical emergency while he was involved in a training exercise at the state fire academy in early March. Investigators from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, spent some of Friday, Saturday and part of Monday before le...

WATERTOWN — State and national investigators were at the state fire academy Wednesday as part of their investigations into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse, who suffered a medical emergency while he was involved in a training exercise there in early March. Investigators from Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau, or PESH, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, were at the site Wednesday to “officially” begin their...

WATERTOWN — Fire Chief Matthew Timerman went down to see how Peyton Morse and a fellow recruit were doing with training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3. He gave words of encouragement to Mr. Morse, wished the young recruit well and told him he’d see him back in Watertown over the weekend. He and the small contingent of city firefighters left the academy at about 12:30 p.m. after the visit that day. It was the last time the chief saw Mr. Morse alive. A memorial...

WATERTOWN — With costs of repairs to its ladder trucks skyrocketing, the city is considering the purchase of a new aerial truck for the fire department. The City Council will be presented with a proposal to approve a $1.4 million bond ordinance to purchase a new ladder truck. Fire Chief Matthew Timerman said the city has been discussing getting a new ladder truck for about five years but budget constraints have prevented it from happening. During last spring’s budget deliberations, co...

WATERTOWN — The city will conduct its own investigation into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse following an incident at the state’s fire academy in early March. The city has retained a private investigative firm, AMRIC Associates Ltd., Syracuse, to conduct the investigation into what happened when the young firefighter became unresponsive while training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3. Nine days later, Mr. Morse died at a Pennsylva...

WATERTOWN — State Assemblyman Mark C. Walczyk and Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie are joining a Rochester-area state lawmaker in calling on Attorney General Letitia A. James to investigate the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse, who died Friday from a medical emergency he suffered while training at the state fire academy almost two weeks ago. On Tuesday, Assemblyman Josh Jensen, R,C,I-Greece, sent a letter to the attorney general requesting that her office investigate the circumstance...

Firefighter Trainee Dies After Being Stricken in Upstate New York March 17, 2021 A 21-year-old man who suffered a medical emergency during firefighter training in upstate New York died nine days after being stricken. Peyton Morse died at Guthrie Hospital in Sayre, Penn., according to fire officials. He had been training to become a firefighter in Watertown. Morse had been participating in an 11-week training course at the State Academy of Fire Science Trainin...

WATERTOWN — State Assemblyman Mark C. Walczyk and Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie are joining a Rochester-area state lawmaker in calling on Attorney General Letitia A. James to investigate the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse, who died Friday from a medical emergency he suffered while training at the state fire academy almost two weeks ago. On Tuesday, Assemblyman Josh Jensen, R,C,I-Greece, sent a letter to the attorney general requesting that her office investigate the circumstance...