BARTLETT — Who hasn’t secretly yearned to ride in a fire truck, lights blazing, sirens screaming?
Faye Hunter of Dover always has. And, diagnosed with her second bout with cancer in August she decided it was time to draw up a long dreamed-of “bucket list.” On the list was that ride.
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