Southington Fire Department Requests New Truck

Fire Chief Harold Clark told the town council on Monday that the new truck is desperately needed and that the truck is starting to rust through, according to the Hartford Courant.

A hearing has been scheduled later in November in order to move the process along of selling bonds to pay for a new truck. The truck would take eight months to build once ordered.

Read the full Courant report here.

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