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Stonington voters will decide whether to create housing fund

The state’s largest lobster port has seen an increase in properties being used seasonally, making it harder to foster a year-round community. The town now plans to have residents decide at the March annual town meeting whether to create a fund to help develop housing by using cash from tax-acquired properties. An exact dollar amount hasn’t been settled on, but it could be as much as $100,000. Some lobster boat captains say they have fishermen commuting from as far as Appleton and Bangor. >click to read< 11:15