MANSFIELD — New playground equipment is on tap for Maple Lark Park this year. The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday approved spending $73,477 with Midstates Recreation on new equipment for the park on Arlington Avenue on the city’s near west side. The money is in the city’s Parks & Recreation Department budget for 2024, […]
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Mansfield fire chief to answer questions about water mains and fire safety
MANSFIELD — Eric Miller has made it clear the impact of 385 fire hydrants in Mansfield that cannot function properly due to small, aging water lines, some of which are a century old. “If I tried to pass a law that said firefighters responding to an alarm must sit in their vehicles for three minutes […]
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Mansfield Fire Dept. promotes trio into leadership positions
MANSFIELD — Six decades of local firefighting experience took a step forward on Monday morning. A packed training room of attendees at Mansfield Fire Department Station 1 on East Third Street watched Mike Carey be promoted to assistant chief, Matt Shafley to captain and Kyle Hedrick to lieutenant. Carey and Shafley both joined the MFD […]
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Mansfield Fire Dept. to have new chief on Dec. 2
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Fire Department will have a new chief, effective Dec. 2. Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker announced Tuesday that Assistant Chief Dan Crow will be promoted to lead the department, effective Dec. 2. “It is with regret that I have accepted (current) Chief Steve Strickling’s retirementresignation, effective December 1,” Theaker said in an […]