The weather was much hotter than during January’s groundbreaking for the city’s new police department headquarters and Veterans Memorial, which were both celebrated during Tuesday’s “topping out” ceremony.
It was a good weekend for the New Braunfels Fire Department.
On Friday, firefighters, city staff and elected officials and residents gathered at the construction site on city-owned property on Water Lane for the departmentâs future Fire Station No. 2 for a topping -out ceremony, which included an opportunity to sign the final roof beam before it was placed on the building.
New Braunfels Fire Chief Patrick OâConnell addresses attendees during a topping-out ceremony for the future Fire Station No. 2 on Friday. The $7.4 million fire station, approved by voters as part of the 2019 bond program, will include living quarters, a kitchen, a day room, a gym, and room to house four apparatus.Â
A camp counselor who reported a possible attempted kidnapping at Fischer Park a few weeks ago was fired after police said the individual fabricated the story.
After a camp counselor claimed a man and woman had tried to kidnap two children from a summer camp at Fischer Park earlier this month, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NewBraunfelsPoliceDepartment/posts/4184618744928453" target=" blank">New Braunfels police said</a> no such event happened.