By Janet Stoica

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At their December board meeting, Charlton Selectmen appointed Rob Barton as the town’s new Fire Chief.  Barton has served 24 years on the line as Captain of Group 1. Fire Chief Barton was sworn into his new position at the January Selectmen’s meeting and succeeded Fire Chief Edward Knopf who retired in December after a 23-year career with the Charlton Fire Department.  

Additionally, the Fire Department was recently notified by Governor Maura Healey’s office that “the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and the Department of Fire Services has awarded the department