County roundup: Townships considering consolidated fire district, plus more news from Deerfield, Edinburg and Paris

- Roger Gordon

Deerfield is one of five Portage County townships that is looking to consolidate into one fire district. The other four townships are Edinburg, Paris, Palmyra and Charleston.

“It’s in the very early stages,” township Vice Chair Ed Dean said. “Trustees have not agreed to enter into any type of agreement to move forward, but that will be discussed at our meeting on June 9. It would be a fire district where there will be some place that everybody responds out of. There would be no fire equipment in Deerfield anymore.

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