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Retired Fall River fire chief urges council to press state to use cannabis revenue for station repairs
Summary
Retired Chief John D. Lynch urged the council during public comment to ask local legislators to support legislation that would use state cannabis tax revenue to fund fire-station construction and repairs; he also emphasized staffing and apparatus replacement as higher priorities than buildings alone.
John D. Lynch, a retired Fall River firefighter, used his allotted public-comment time at the June 4 meeting to urge the city council to press regional legislators to back a proposed state fund for fire station repairs and construction. Lynch cited an initiative being advocated on Beacon Hill by a retired Westwood chief and the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts that would create a station‑construction/repair fund financed…
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