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NEWFIELD, N.J. — A Gloucester County judge has sided with the borough’s mayor and council in a lawsuit over the ownership of equipment in the town firehouse.
The case, which was settled on Friday by Superior Court Judge Georgia M. Curio, decided the ownership of a wide array of items left in the firehouse after volunteers with the Newfield Volunteer Fire Co. stopped handling fire calls in the borough in early 2014.
The former volunteers argued that the items, which ranged from radios and rescue equipment to a commercial stove and cookware used in fundraising events, belonged to them. Borough officials, meanwhile, argued that residents and borough agencies had donated money and equipment knowing it would be used for fire service in town. Curio ultimately gave all firefighting and rescue equipment to the borough, although the courts had not yet released the written decision on Monday.
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