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Fayette Lodge No. 69 in Ellington Rebuilds After Suspected Arson, Emphasizes Community Service
Summary
Fayette Lodge No. 69, a Freemason lodge on Orchard Street in Ellington, discussed its 200-year history, membership and charitable activities and its recovery after a suspected arson; a GoFundMe raised almost about $20,000, and the lodge is hosting events and blood drives as it resumes programming.
Laurie Burstein, identifying herself as "for Selectmen of Ellington," interviewed Ray Chouinard of Fayette Lodge No. 69 about the lodge’s history, community work and recovery after a fire investigators later treated as arson.
Chouinard said Fayette Lodge has occupied its Orchard Street property since 1948 and was chartered in 1825. "We've actually been physically there since 1948," he said, and he traced the lodge’s earlier meetings to local taverns and other venues in Ellington.
The lodge emphasizes local philanthropy. Chouinard described regular food drives (rotating between Ellington Human Services,…
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