BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 1, 2021
The town of Stonington is lining up funding so it can buy the local Odd Fellows hall, a prominent building on the island’s storied downtown waterfront. At the town’s annual town meeting in May, residents authorized the borrowing of money to buy the historic Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall on Main Street for $525,000. Town officials have not settled on what the building would be exactly used for, but the purchase would preserve the downtown area and public access to the waterfront in Stonington — the state’s largest lobster port. The hall is located in the middle of the town’s commercial center, next to the municipal fish pier. With the property going up for sale, there were fears that if it became a private residence and new owners would limit access to the water.