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Area fire departments receive radio grants
COLUMBUS Several area fire departments will receive grants to upgrade their radio communications systems.
Statewide, 373 fire departments in 65 counties will receive the 2021 Multi-Agency Radio Communications Systems grants.
The MARCS radio system allows first responders to communicate not only with each other but other agencies including fire or law enforcement agencies.
The State Fire Marshal’s office received more than $9 million in requests for the $3 million in available funding.
Here’s how area counties fared:
In Allen County, the Beaverdam-Richland Fire Department, the Harrod Volunteer Fire Department and the American Township Fire Department each received $5,000.
Fire damages Shawnee Township home
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP Damage is listed at $50,000 to a vacant house that caught fire at 2:38 a.m. Sunday at 1930 Rose Ave.
When Shawnee Township firefighters arrived, they found fire coming from a breezeway connecting the house with a garage.
No one was hurt.
The cause remains under investigation.
The Allen County Auditor’s Office indicates the home is owned by Mercedes Mosser and is valued at $65,800.
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‘Nutcracker,’ Encore and more
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Courtesy of Laurel Oaks
Courtesy of Lima Symphony Orchestra
REGION Celebrate the season with the many choices this week:
• Lima Symphony Orchestra’s virtual “Bells, Brass & Bows The Nutcracker” concert will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Van-Del Drive-In, 19986 Lincoln Highway, Middle Point.
The concert will be available to watch at the drive-in and via streaming at home.
Featured artists include dancers of the Cincinnati Ballet Professional Training Division, with a video crew traveling to Cincinnati to film them dancing for this concert, and a choir number recorded by students at Liberty Arts Magnet.