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Milton opens Fire Station 42 with uncoupling ceremony By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — In fire service tradition, Milton Mayor Peyton Jamison and Milton Fire Chief Gabe Benmoussa performed a hoseuncoupling ceremony Aug. 31 as part of a grand opening celebration for Fire Station 42. Over a plate of breakfast inside the drive-thru bay area, more than 100 people heard speeches from Jamison, Benmoussa, Community Development Director Bob Buscemi and representatives from the firms
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responsible for the design and construction of the new fire station on Thompson Road. While the City of Milton paid out $3.8 million for the 6,500-square-foot project as of June 19, it is expected to cost another $1.1 million. Jamison opened with appreciation for those in the city’s Fire-Rescue Department. “Every day, unwaveringly, you place your own safety on the line for the protection of Milton citizens and sacrifice precious time with [your]
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At top: In middle, Milton Mayor Peyton Jamison
and Milton Fire Chief Gabe Benmoussa perform a hose-uncoupling ceremony for the rebuilt Fire Station 42 on Thompson Road Aug. 31. The 6,500-square-foot facility was a $4.9 million project. Above: People gather to chat before the
uncoupling ceremony for Fire Station 42 Aug. 31. More than 100 attended the grand opening that day.
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ROSWELL, Ga. — As the wildfires slowly enclosed Hawaii’s historic coastal town of Lahaina, Kristina Benbow quickly grabbed her laptop, wallet and passport. “The smoke that was starting to get really black – we were starting to see orange and red,” Benbow said. “At this point, we were sobbing.” She and her friend Natalie Moning are in their final year of pharmacy school at the University of South Carolina. To have some fun during their nine one-month rotations, they applied to a Walgreens in Lahaina and arrived at the home of Bill and Lorri Robusto July 30, about a week before the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history. The Robustos have been integral to the Lahaina community for more than 20 years, with Bill as the pharmacist at the town’s Walgreens. He retired last year after a 46-year career in the field but continued to host students in the guest house behind his home, a 5-minute walk from the beach. In an aerial shot taken a day after the group escaped, the Robustos’ property had been reduced to ash.
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