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New Canaan clerk briefs commission on history of town logo; members favor ordinance, not charter, for logo rules
Summary
Town Clerk Claudia Weber told commissioners the town logo (the lone tree) has multiple historical versions and is distinct from the legal seal; commissioners agreed to keep the legal seal in the charter and to recommend that the town council consider an ordinance to govern logo use.
Claudia Weber, New Canaan’s town clerk, told Group One of the Charter Revision Commission March 18 that the town logo — the lone tree image used on trucks, shirts and some documents — has evolved over centuries and is distinct from the legal town seal.
Weber said her research found multiple historical versions of the tree logo, including appearances on official stationery as early as 1740 and a seal adopted around the town’s incorporation…
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