New Castle to discuss plans for new firehouse

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Plans by the New Castle Fire District to use $1.65 million approved by taxpayers last week to buy property next door to the Chappaqua Fire Department headquarters will be discussed at a meeting Thursday.

The meeting follows a 77-47 vote by property owners June 27 that allows the district to spend $1.65 million to buy the Chappaqua Animal Hospital next to headquarters at routes 117 and 120, and to sell a parking lot and a smaller firehouse owned by the district.

The plan is to eventually build a larger headquarters that is accessible to people with disabilities and that can house the bigger rigs used in modern firefighting.

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