On December 15, Stone Harbor initiated a new era of combined paid and volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs). One by one, the eight new paid firefighters were called out by Chief Roger Stanford and sworn in by Mayor Judith Davies-Dunhour, who called it a “historic day.” The change was a product of the shifting demographics in the island community, along with the steadily rising property values. Fewer of those moving into the borough were becoming members of the volunteer company.

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