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Article: Westerly's villages are a window onto the city's past
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2007
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WESTERLY, R.I. - From the duplex mill houses of Bradford to the
oceanfront mansions of Watch Hill, Westerly's villages tell a story
of the people and industries that shaped this city.
There are five "official" villages - Bradford, Dunn's Corners,
Misquamicut, Watch Hill, and Westerly - each representing a fire
district, with its own station, trucks, chief, and tax rate, said
Cindy Gaccione, secretary for Westerly Fire Chief David A. Sayles.
Before the age of motor vehicles, she said, fire districts grew up
independently in different areas of town. The members were workers at
mills or plants, who left work to fight a fire when they heard the
horn.
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