Dick Chase News Today

In the mud room of Dick Chase's Damariscotta home grows seedlings of ghost peppers that will appear in the next batch of his hottest hot sauce.

Before they passed, they had the fire to lead  Harold Paulsen, Pembroke’s recently retired fire chief, in his Pembroke living room on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. MELISSA CURRAN The title “Fire Chief” means something in Pembroke. Tradition and loyalty and roots come to mind, for a role that’s been served by just two people – Dick Chase and Harold Paulsen – over the past 32 years. Sadly, both died this month, within five days of one another — Chase on April 7, at the age of 86, and Pau...