{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-cuts-the-ribbon-at-clinton-fire-station", "Senator Collins Cuts the Ribbon at Clinton Fire Station", "2026-07-01", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "ME", "Susan M. Collins", "C001035", "www.collins.senate.gov", "collins", "https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos.\n\nCLINTON, ME \u2013 U.S. Senator Susan Collins took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony, delivered remarks, and toured the new fire station in Clinton yesterday. She was joined at the event by Clinton Town Manager Daniel Swain, Fire Chief Rick Barton, members of the Clinton Fire Department, and dozens of local residents. During the ceremony, the community also honored Clinton Police Chief Stanley \u201cRusty\u201d Bell on his retirement after 47 years in law enforcement.\n\nIn 2022, Senator Collins secured $2 million through her role on the Senate Appropriations Committee to support the construction of the new Clinton Fire Station. Last year, Senator Collins toured the previous station and reviewed plans for the new facility. Built in the 1950s, the old station was too small to accommodate the modern equipment the department planned to purchase.\n\n\u201cReplacing or renovating outdated public safety facilities is a key priority here in the state of Maine. I toured the 75-year-old station a year ago with Assistant Chief Travis Leary and saw the challenges the crowded facility with the double-parked vehicles presented to firefighters and EMTs in swiftly responding to emergencies,\u201d said Senator Collins during her remarks. \u201cI am so pleased that the new station we celebrate today addresses those longstanding deficiencies and will better serve this rural community. Congratulations on this achievement, and I look forward to our continued work together.\u201d\n\nThe new facility is twice the size of the old station and includes ample space for training, equipment, and vehicle storage. Additionally, the Clinton Police Department has found a new home in the previous and now vacant Clinton Fire Station.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-02T06:20:02Z", "2026-07-02T06:21:32Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-cuts-the-ribbon-at-clinton-fire-station"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6444680038839579, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}