JACKSON — The Jackson Fire Department held an open house Nov. 6 at the station at 58 Main St., as well as an open plea to residents to replace the 4,000-square-foot station built in 1947.
Prior to the station being built, the town got by with a pumper truck stored behind the Jackson Grammar School. What led to its construction was the horrific Oct. 22, 1947, blaze that leveled the entire town of Brownfield, Maine, according to a member of the Jackson Fire Department.
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