Newport
Hallgring to be sworn in today
01:00 AM EST on Thursday, January 10, 2008
Newport’s next fire chief, Harry J. Hallgring Jr., left, confers with Fire Marshal Bobby Sullivan yesterday. Hallgring, 49, a member of the Newport Fire Department for 26 years and the chief in Little Compton until his recent resignation, will be sworn in today, at 10 a.m. at City Hall. He succeeds Edward “Ned” W. McCarthy Jr., who retired in October after seven years as chief.
The Providence Journal / FRIEDA SQUIRES
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