from Wicked Local Milton

As a teenager, John Grant Jr. had thoughts about becoming a firefighter just like his father. “It wasn’t something I really planned, but it was always there,” Grant, the town’s new fire chief, said Wednesday. “I knew I did want to wind up as a firefighter.”

The 49-year-old Grant, a lifelong Milton resident, was sworn in as chief on Tuesday. (Read the full story here.)