Presque Isle Fire Department (File photo)
Presque Isle Fire Department gets COVID grant The Presque Isle Fire Department was awarded on Tuesday a grant to purchase additional personal protective equipment for firefighters.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine The Presque Isle Fire Department was awarded on Tuesday a grant to purchase additional personal protective equipment for firefighters.
“This is for PPE for our COVID-19 response,” said Chief Darrell White on Tuesday. “It is for gloves, face masks, gowns, face shields.”
The Presque Isle $13,286 allocation was one of 10 grants, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters grant program, and will help the Presque Isle Fire Department safely respond to calls.
AURORAÂ â Christmas in Aurora event was scaled-down this year, but Dr. Linda Schwab said she was still pleased with the turnout this year.
Schwab, the village s historian and an organizer for the event, said at the Aurora Historical Society building Saturday she was happy people have turned out the past two weekends, when people were encouraged to check out Robert LoMascolo s antique print shop, the Historic Howland House & 19th c. Farm Museum, Vintage Lighting, Aurora Free Library, Trader Rose and Jane Morgan s, among other spots.
In years past, Christmas in Aurora would feature activities throughout Main Street in the village, such as food vendors, artisans with tables showing their craft and the Aurora Volunteer Fire Department serving pizza. Those things couldn t be done this year because of the pandemic, but there were still efforts to incorporate parts of those activities, Schwab said. Artisans were still invited to set up tables for socially-distanced sales, and inste