We have to keep remembering that it is a first year, ... is not a small amount of money.

People have the right of free speech and that includes being able to walk up and ask for money.

We serve as a research center. But our most important role is education. We teach the history of the fire service - and we teach fire safety. That's the most important component.

The museum has probably the finest collection of its kind in the country.

There's a future for it and I believe the town needs an attraction of this nature and size to bring people in.

disappointing to say the least ... but not surprising because it is a first year.