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Family and neighbors urge New Haven committee to name corner for Deacon John Cotton Sr.
Summary
Family members and longtime neighbors told the committee that Deacon John Cotton Sr.'s Worthies Barber Shop served as a decades‑long community safe space and mentorship hub; his son petitioned the committee to designate a nearby corner in his honor and the committee moved the item forward.
Deacon John Cotton Sr. has, by the accounts of his family and longtime neighbors, turned a neighborhood barber shop into a decades‑long sanctuary of counsel, mentorship and practical help — and petitioners asked the City Committee to name a street corner in his honor.
John Cotton, who identified himself as "brother John Cotton, pastor of New Hope" and the eldest son of Deacon Cotton Sr., opened the…
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