Candidates for Fire/EMS director visit Petersburg

Two candidates who are up for the Fire/EMS director position visited Petersburg this week.

Stephen Jellie and Rhys Mateo were in town to meet with community members and conduct their final interviews in front of a panel and with Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht.

One of the two could be replacing Sandy Dixon who is retiring at the end of June.

Jellie has been involved in fire emergency services since he began volunteering when he was 18.

He worked in emergency services in the federal government for 28 years including a few years with the U.S. Secret Service on the presidential protective detail...