Dwight Havens, right, current Malta Sunrise Rotary Club president and former president of the Fire Companies of Malta, filled in club members last week on a planned half-million-dollar building project at the firehouse on Hemphill Place in downtown Malta, east of Northway Exit 12. FCOM is a joint operation of the Malta Ridge and Round Lake fire departments, situated in-between their respective firehouses near Exits 13 and 11.
The project will turn FCOM's mezzanine into a proper second floor, as previously planned, enabling firefighters to bunk upstairs and providing for potential future growth in operations.
The previous week, Steve Haydon talked about invasive plant species.
