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Mass. Fire Chief To Reluctantly Retire, Nearly Six Decades After First Call

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Henry Epp
Published February 26, 2014 at 5:07 PM EST

The fire chief of a small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, is retiring at the end of the month.

While that might not be big, headline news, Everett Ricketts’ tenure at the Wendell Fire Department is nothing to dismiss – 57 years, 38 of them as chief.

Read or listen to Henry Epp's report on New England Public Radio's website.
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