{"id":60255,"date":"2025-12-22T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=60255"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:31:43","slug":"is-lakeland-finally-getting-fire-station-8-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/12\/22\/is-lakeland-finally-getting-fire-station-8-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Lakeland finally getting Fire Station 8 in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fire station in North Lakeland has been on many residents&#8217; wish lists for several years, and it may finally become a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"90918a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-1-2.webp?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60256 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #90918a; width:498px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-1-2.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-1-2.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-1-2.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-1-2.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Fire Department hopes to host a groundbreaking ceremony for its\u00a0Fire Station 8 on the southwest corner of\u00a0Sleepy Hill Road and Mall Hill Drive in early spring of 2026, according to LFD spokeswoman Stephanie Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire station in North Lakeland has been on many residents&#8217; wish lists for several years, and it may finally become a reality. 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