'A triumph': New Auburn Fire Department building unveiled with ribbon-cutting

AUBURN — Former Auburn assistant fire chiefs Bob Sloan and Ed Laraway said they remember discussions about the Auburn Fire Department getting a new building when they joined the department in the 1970s. Decades later, that wish has become a reality.

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At the ceremony, state Sen. John Mannion praised the efforts to get the building made.

"This is a new public safety building, and is a triumph of state and local planning and partnership. Projects like this don't happen by accident, and they don't happen without hard work," he said. 

After Fritz cut the ribbon, members of the public were able to look around the facility. 

The $10 million project was funded through the city via borrowing, $2 million from a state regional consolidated grant program and $1.2 million from the state Downtown Revitalization Initiative. The undertaking has been in the making for years.

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