The steel-sided warehouse is part of a former paper mill once owned by Scott Paper Co. and then Kimberly-Clark Corp. The former mill is now a warehouse for Marden's Surplus & Salvage.
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Firearms, several pounds of illegal drugs and items reportedly stolen from a Winslow warehouse were discovered in the search Tuesday, according to the Somerset County Sheriff's Office.
Winslow Public Safety Director Leonard Macdaid said many of Winslow's firefighters have expressed a willingness to become trained paramedics, which could alleviate expense pressure with relying on per-diem paramedics.
Tuesday afternoon's awards ceremony was held just before a joint training between Winslow's Police and Fire departments, which officials say is part of a push to unify the respective departments.