Abigail Ham – The Keene Sentinel, N.H. It’s time to reconsider the Keene Fire Department’s staffing model, according to city and department leaders, as staffing levels have not kept pace ...

Keene, New Hampshire, recently settled with a former fire captain who’d alleged he was wrongfully terminated, an agreement ...

The city fired Dumont Sr. in January 2024, according to the settlement agreement. The arbitration ruling, which Keene City Manager Elizabeth Ferland said came out in December 2024, says he had served ...

Billy Goldfeder covers a five-alarm gas emergency that tested the Keene, NH, Fire ... types of responses. The department operates two engines, one 2,500-gallon pumper/tanker, one 75-foot quint ...

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE BUDGET IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 2.06% IN THE CITY’S PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, FALLING WELL BELOW KEENE’S FISCAL POLICY LIMIT. THE BUDGET INCLUDES FOUR ADDITIONAL ...