Time changes just about everything.
And with Stoneham's Fire Station turning 100-years-old last year, town leaders acknowledge the clock for operating just a single station might be running short.
Just before the start of 2018, second-year Fire Chief Matthew Grafton, who since assuming the leadership role has consistently positioned the force towards modernization, advised the town's Board of Selectmen to begin planning now for an expected population shift that will likely render Stoneham's single-station model obsolete.