Rita Taylor was the guest of honor in the cab of a fire truck on her last day as Gulf Stream’s town clerk. ’We drove a little ways around town,’ Taylor said. ’That was a very nice gesture.’ Delray Beach Fire Chief Keith Tomey led an entourage of firefighters and two trucks to Gulf Stream Town Hall to surprise Taylor, whose late husband was a fire captain, after reading about her close connections to the profession in The Coastal Star. Taylor, who kicked off the ride by blasting the truck’s warning horn, was given a regulation fire helmet with number 112 after Station 112, which serves Gulf Stream and east Delray. This was just the second time she had gotten a ride in a fire truck, said Taylor, who was Gulf Stream’s clerk for 32 years and 9 months. Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star
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