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As shutdown drags on, a 'Coast Guard City' rallies

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The city of New London, Connecticut, and its neighbors have joined forces to help hundreds of Coast Guard employees who are not being paid because of the partial government shutdown. A pop-up food pantry has opened at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, one of several Coast Guard installations in the small city that was officially designated by Congress as a Coast Guard City. Residents, local food banks and Coast Guard-related advocacy groups have all mobilized to help.

 

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