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How This KES Class Made Local 9/11 Tribute Memorable
Maybe you missed the 9/11 ceremony outside the Killingworth Volunteer Fire Company last Friday, but second-graders at the Killingworth Elementary School located opposite the firehouse didn’t. In fact, in the middle of a 1 p.m. recess, they not only stopped to observe it; they gathered at a chain-link fence to watch in silence. What they witnessed was a small, informal and solemn tribute that lasted approximately 10 minutes and commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Killingworth
Haagas’ Last EMT Class Set for August
Mike and Marguerite Haaga have instructed EMT classes at the Killingworth Ambulance Association for over two decades, with several of their understudies among the KAA’s current roster of techs. But that run is about to end. The two plan to step down next year and leave the area. Until then, however, nothing is changed. They will do what they always do this time of year: They will teach another class. This one starts Monday, Aug. 24 and is scheduled to
Can’t Stand the Heat? Then Listen to These EMTs
In case you missed it, Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday activated an Extreme Hot Weather Protocol, alerting state residents of a suffocating heat wave that may last through Sunday and could, as his proclamation stated, “reach the warning-level criteria” – with temperatures reaching 100 and heat indices approaching 110. In response, Killingworth is making the air-conditioned Town Hall and Town Library available as “cooling centers, Deer Lake will provide campers a tent with cooling water mist, the Killingworth Congregational Church