Photos by Lisa Aciukewicz
At the annual Firefighers' Turkey Raffle on Nov. 11 Greg Harrod dedicates a set of new trophy cases to the fire station in honor of his father Ken Harrod, a 45-year veteran of the fire department who passed away in 2010.
Gil Smith holds up a winning ticket for which he receives a frozen turkey.
Firefighter and emcee Andrew Perry checks the wheel for the winning number.
From left: Leila Grant, Kian Oldham, Madison Drummey, and Ava Scully gather around Sparky the Fire Dog (Billy Nigzus).
From left: Nico Agosta, Dimitri Dutkewych, and Shane Bilodeau check their tickets.
Chief Rick Sicard jokes with the crowd, “OK, this is the last call, who does not have power?”
Rachael Wharton (left) and Brady Niland pick out their free doughnuts—a Turkey Raffle tradition.
Charlie Collins is very happy to curl up with his favorite-flavor of doughnut—jelly filled.
Colin Murphy displays his tickets for the upcoming round.
Nancy Cronin (left) and Sue Weber wear their lucky tickets on their foreheads.
From left: Valerie Into, Janet Woodsum, and Lisa Shaw sell tickets to Rebecca Wright.
Former fire chief Peter Warren picks out a winning ticket.
From left: Gabe Sennott, Ava Scully, Leila Grant, Brendan O’Brien, and John Dawes wait for the winning number in the children’s round.