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The Office of State Fire Marshal/Department of Insurance recently awarded more than $230,000 in state grants to volunteer fire departments in Stanly County.
Receiving funding were:
• Aquadale Rural Volunteer Fire Department – $31,961.90;
• Badin Volunteer Fire Department – $40,000;
• Bethany Community Fire Department – $24,479.00;
• East Side Volunteer Fire Department – $19,778.45;
• Endy Volunteer Fire Department – $18,117.50;
• New London Volunteer Fire Department – $16,375.25;
• Richfield-Misenheimer Fire Department – $34,962.50;
• Ridgecrest Volunteer Fire Department – $18,680; and
• South Side Volunteer Fire Department – $31,300.