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Docent seeks city support for Custom House Museum grant; resident urges stronger traffic enforcement
Summary
Volunteers at the New London Custom House Museum asked the council for letters of support for a state Community Investment Fund grant; a resident called for expanded police enforcement on traffic safety in Jennings and elsewhere.
Susan Hamby, a volunteer docent at the New London Custom House Museum, asked the council to support the museum’s application to the state’s Community Investment Fund to help restore the Custom House and nearby lighthouses and to complete repairs to Harbor Light and Ledge Light.
Hamby told the council the museum draws tourists and school groups, citing more than 500 visitors from 25 states and Puerto Rico in a recent two-month period and international visitors as well. She told councilors the museum has offered low-cost trips for New London students and residents via grant-funded…
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