After three months of deliberations, the school district recently approved a balanced budget that will keep Fort Barton open, call back one-third of staff members who received layoff notices in the spring and use $285,000 of casino revenue to pay for technology and textbooks. 

However, the good budget news is not the same for the Fire Department. In a Facebook post, the department mentioned that veteran firefighters, unlike new staff members, will receive a 0% increase in pay and the issue is headed for arbitration. 

That said, the promised salary for incoming fire personnel will likely be altered, according to the official Tiverton Firefighter's Facebook post.

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