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 Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:54 pm
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Ashdown Fire Department.
Open all hours.
Located near Town Hall and the Police Department, this is Ashdown's largest fire station. It's an impressive building with three garage bays, dormitory quarters upstairs for night shift personnel, a weight room, a lounge, and the main office. This is also the central hub for all Fire Department-related activity. The station's current mascot is Fidget, a 15-month-old Dalmatian who helps boost morale and aids the department's education initiatives by demonstrating fire safety tips like stop-drop-n-roll.
Become a Firefighter
- Must be between 19 and 32 at the time of the exam
- Pass a written test for Fire Fighter administrated by the State
- Pass a Physical Abilities test administrated by the State
- Pass a character background investigation
- Meet medical fitness requirements
- Have a valid Massachusetts driver's license
- Pass a drug test
- Pass a psychological exam
- Be a non-smoker
For Completion of Probation
- Complete all assignments of the academy
- Firefighter 1 and Firefighter 2 certification
- EMT certification
Employees
Cam Rylan - Lt. and officer of Company 13 ("The Lucky 13")
Volunteers welcome.
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Brewed Lobster
The designated fire department bar is the Brewed Lobster (lovingly nicknamed the Rude Lobster), a 15-minute walk from the fire station.
It's a microbrewery that makes a great IPA, and has a ton of other local beers on tap as well as a couple rotating specials of Midwest and West Coast beers. Their cocktails, when people actually order them, are also fantastic and the food is surprisingly classy and good (think $17 - $20 an entree). Mood lighting, spacious outdoor area, tends to draw a crowd that leans toward the yuppie side.
The department hosts a happy hour for all employed and volunteer firefighters on the first Friday of every month, reserving the entire back patio (or basement, in the winter months) and ordering copious amounts of appetizers. They also get a special order of desserts delivered from somewhere else in the city, because the running joke within the department is that the Brewed Lobster serves the worst cheesecake in the greater Boston area (they don't actually, but there was an incident a few years ago that gave birth to both the myth and the Rude Lobster nickname).
20% off for firefighters, because god knows they spend enough there.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:22 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:12 am
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Avant-Garde
Art supply shop & studio.
Open: Monday - Friday: 8 am - 9 pm; Saturday & Sunday: 10 am - 7 pm
Closed on holidays.
Studio hours available by appointment only.
Select classes held once a month - subject varies. Check the poster board for more info.
Avant-Garde is located within the main square of Ashdown. Supplies a wide variety of artistic supplies ranging from oil paints, watercolors, and copics to other things such as clay, wax, beads, etc. Tools of the trade such as brushes, chisels, scrapers and more can also be purchased here. Special orders for larger items such as pottery wheels, kilns and the like can also be done at the check-out desk of the shop.
The shop also has three different studios on the premises:
a traditional media studio: tools are provided inside, though the artist is expected to provide their own paints, etc.
a pottery & modeling studio: a few pottery wheels & kilns can be located in here. Use caution when operating the kiln, as temperatures can get very hot. a 3D art studio: metal, carpentry, and even stone & glass can be worked here. Familiarity with the tools of the trade is a must for this studio -- this is to prevent accidents from happening.
Please see the shop staff to book an appointment in any of these studios.
Appointments are made and priced by the hour.
Once a month, an art class of some kind is generally offered on premises. While the class itself is free, space is first-come, first-serve. Please keep an eye on the poster board just inside the door for details and sign-up times.
Employees
Hiring: 1-3 additional staff. Familiarity with art tools, preferred.
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:10 am
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broken circuits
we repair computers, phones, and tablets
Open: Mon - Fri, 9 am to 8 pm, closed Sat & Sun
Onsite technicians available by appointment only
Phone and tablet repairs require a drop off appointment
Broken Circuits is located on the corner of Grand and 1st, in a corner space. They do repairs on computers - Windows XP or higher, Mac OS X 10.6 or later - as well as phone and tablet repairs on most name brands. Turn around time ranges anywhere from three hours to a week, depending on part and tech availability. They also do a range of in office and home services, including network set up, computer set up, and other various IT services.
owner: Brent, a thirty-something computer salesman who spends most of his time not in the shop
employees: Erin Barabutes - resident overworked tech; Will - resident annoyance tech sales person; Kyle - phone and tablet repair specialist, currently on medical leave
hiring: 1 - 2 technicians. No experience necessary, training available and provided as necessary. Must be comfortable working under pressure and possess good work ethic
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:54 am
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the crystal sword
new age, metaphysical & spiritual supplies
Open: Mon - Fri, 8 am to 3 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 8 am to 9 pm
The Crystal Sword is a modest new-age store selling things a wide variety of items, but specializes in crystals, candles and incenses. There's a lot of tarot decks, jewelry and spiritual related items, like singing bowls, rosaries, reiki/chakra pendants and ritual tools.
owner: Ame Belrose, who can almost always be found behind the counter.
employees: no IC employees at present
hiring: 1 - 2 part-time workers, to help with stocking heavier items and working the counter.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 4:51 pm
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marmalade sky
Your friendly local head shop/hippie hangout. Open 10-7 M-T, 9-8 Saturday, and closed Sundays--theoretically. Opening times and closing times are treated as somewhat malleable.
Say the word "bong" and you'll be kicked out of the premises. There's a big sign in the window that says NOT A VAPE SHOP, due to the current owner's short temper with the trend (which Marmalade Sky substantially predates).
Retails in the usual products for tobacco use only, plus the usual velvet blacklight Grateful Dead bear posters, beaded curtains, incense, Manic Panic hair dye, body jewelry, some local crafts, and a roped-off section in the back you'll need ID for that retails in a small selection of more adult offerings.
No smoking on the premises (go stand by the dumpster like everyone else, OK?), as there is an elderly cat whose health must be considered. Lucy lives in the window and is the third Lucy since the shop's inception.
current IC staff (the rest would be NPCs)
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