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Residents urge support for food-insecurity drive and businesses hit by bridge closure
Summary
Public comment highlighted a grassroots campaign to raise $100 grocery gift cards for about 400 schoolchildren, and several small-business owners described sharp revenue losses after a nearby bridge was closed; council and mayor pledged outreach, signage changes and promotional support.
Multiple residents used the council's public-comment period on Nov. 10 to press for community and municipal action on food insecurity and to ask for support for businesses affected by a temporary bridge closure.
Two residents, Lisonbee Simi and Elizabeth Wagner, described a local fundraising drive organized with Mercer Street Friends called Send Hunger Packing, aiming to raise $100 per student for roughly 400 students eligible for free…
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