Midway fire district voters reject new station plan
Voters in the Midway Fire District rejected a plan for a new fire station this week, leading fire officials to consider shrinking the size of the proposed station. Voters in the district shot down the...
View ArticleMidway Fire Department makes second bid for new station
The Midway Fire Department will try again to get approval to build a new firehouse on Central Avenue. The plan is significantly stripped down from an $8 million building rejected in August. The cost...
View ArticleVoters to decide Tuesday on new Midway firehouse
For the second time, residents in the Midway Fire Department’s territory will vote on a proposed new firehouse. The vote will be held from 5:30-9 p.m. today at the existing station at 1956 Central...
View ArticleVoters approve new Midway fire station
Reducing the size of a proposed firehouse appeared to make all the difference for the Midway Fire Department. Voters approved a new, $5 million station to be built on the site of the existing at 1956...
View ArticleMidway Fire Chief Meaghan Sammons dies
The Midway Fire Department is mourning the loss of its chief, Meaghan Sammons, who died Saturday of cancer at 39. Sammons was one of the few female chiefs to ever serve in the Capital Region and the...
View ArticleVideo: Fire companies rework ’12 Days of Christmas’
Colonie’s fire companies performed their own variation on the “12 Days of Christmas” in this youtube video.
View ArticleTax bill errs on rise in Shaker Road-Loudonville fire costs
Some tax bills in Colonie inaccurately exaggerate the increase in fire department costs, though the amount charged is accurate. The mistake shows taxes for residents served by the Shaker...
View ArticleParking lot fire draws slow response
It took more than 13 minutes for an engine to arrive to put out a car fire at Market Bistro in Latham Sunday. It took 23 minutes for a crew from the nearest firehouse, the Latham Fire Department...
View ArticlePaid Colonie firefighters get contracts
A union that represents some of the few paid firefighters in the town of Colonie is working under new contracts at two of its firehouses. While Colonie’s 12 different fire departments are almost all...
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