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Bellingham’s first female fire captain is a ‘professional problem-solver’

Captain Sarah Pernick’s historic promotion is the product of years of work

By Simone Higashi News Intern

Being a firefighter was not on Sarah Pernick’s childhood list of aspirations. Before becoming the

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