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Boxes to Boots returns with ambitious goal The Berlin Rotary Club held a First Responders Appreciation breakfast Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Kensington Fire Department. Photos provided by Shreeja Baidya
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By Nicole Zappone The Citizen
To celebrate all their hard work, this past weekend first responders in Berlin were treated to breakfast at the Kensington Fire Department, courtesy of the Berlin Rotary Club.
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The breakfast took place Saturday, Sept. 24, and honored first responders from the Berlin Police Department, Berlin Volunteer Fire Department, East Berlin Fire Department, Kensington Fire Department, South Kensingtion Breakfast. “I started this ton Fire Department and Hunter’s Ambulance Service. event in 2019 when there were anti-PD sentiments, to Rotary Club Chairperson celebrate our first responShreeja Joshi organized the ders for their hard work and First Responders Appreciasacrifices,” Joshi said.
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