BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Guilford's fire station needs paint” [Town and Village, Dec. 5]:
A well-reported article. I drive by the Guilford Fire Department all the time and wondered why it was blue.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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