Howells Fire District in New York Wins Vote to Build New Firehouse

The Howells Fire District will be replacing its current firehouse, which was built in 1915. The building is too small and lacks needed utilities.

The Howells Fire District building, built in 1915 and added to in 1969, in Orange County, N.Y., on May 6, 2025. Oliver Mantyk/Epoch Times

ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.—The Howells Fire Company has been given the go-ahead vote to construct a new firehouse. The decision needed to pass a bond referendum, allowing the fire district to borrow money and raise the fire tax.

The bond referendum for $9.5 million to build the new firehouse passed on May 6, with 162 saying “yes” and 40 saying “no.”