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County firefighters, local citizen honored
MIDDLEBURY FIRE DEPARTMENT Assistant Chief Patrick Shaw, right, is happy to accept the congratulations of Middlebury firefighter Donald Patterson, who had just presented Shaw the Addison County Firefighters Association’s Chief James Breur Chief of the Year Award at the organization’s annual meeting last Wednesday.
Independent photo/John Flowers
January 29, 2026
The annual meeting of the Addison County Firefighters Association drew 149 firefighters representing 17 area departments ranging from Addison to Orwell.
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