Kingston lawmakers OK borrowing $8.5M for new fire station

Kingston lawmakers OK borrowing $8.5M for new fire station

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city’s plans for a new fire station across from the current central station on East O’Reilly Street took another step forward when the Common Council voted unanimously to borrow $8.5 million for the project on Thursday, Nov. 6. The $8.5 million bond measure was approved by a 6-0 margin during the Council’s November meeting. Majority Leader Reynolds Scott-Childress, Jeanne Edwards, D-Ward 4, and Bob Dennison, D-Ward 6, were a…

Laois Senator calls for urgent action on long-delayed Rathdowney Fire Station project

Sinn Féin Senator Maria McCormack has called on the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently progress the long-delayed Rathdowney Fire Station project, highlighting that the site was purchased as far back as 2009 and remains undeveloped. Speaking after raising the issue as a Commencement Matter in the Seanad, Senator McCormack said: “It is completely unacceptable that sixteen years after the site was bought, the people of…