blue hills fire district

A Connecticut fire district has terminated the employee who got it a Paycheck Protection Program loan that raised questions last year.

A Bloomfield fire department has voted to return a $120,459 paycheck protection program loan it received.

Leaders of the Blue Hills Fire District Commission in Bloomfield have voted to return a $120,000 PPP loan from the federal government after some questioned the need to apply for it in the first place.

A Paycheck Protection Program loan given to a Connecticut fire department will be under the microscope after taxpayers raised concerns, and NBC Connecticut Investigates looked into it. The Blue Hills Fire District was awarded a PPP loan, but two former commissioners say they weren’t even aware of the application and some are now questioning how the money was used....

The Blue Hills Fire District was awarded a PPP loan, but two former commissioners say they weren’t even aware of the application and some are now questioning how the money was used.

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was designed to help keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic with low interest, forgivable loans, but there has been controversy in some cases over who the money was distributed to and how it was used. Now there’s anger and confusion about a PPP loan taken by a Connecticut fire department that NBC Connecticut...

The Blue Hills Fire District was awarded a PPP loan, but two former commissioners say they weren’t even aware of the application and some are now questioning how the money was used.