Voters say 'no' to Pingree Grove fire referendum
Posted November 06, 2018 6:00 pm
For the third consecutive time voters rejected a request from the Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire District to approve borrowing $8.5 million to replace two of its three fire stations.
Voters cast 2,910 "no" votes and 2,519 "yes" votes with all precincts reporting Tuesday, according to unofficial results.
The locations for the stations would have yielded better response times, particularly as the district grows, Fire Chief Mitch Crocetti said.
The district had already purchased land on Dittman Road to build one of the stations.
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