City makes moves to help preserve its past

The City of Shelton last week made a move to help preserve its past.

The Shelton City Council assured the Mason County Historical Society it will help the nonprofit group pursue a state historical grant to add storage space to its museum at 427 W. Railroad Ave. The structure was first the city hall, then the city library, and it's owned by the city.

"It's a perfect location, I think, for the museum," Liz Arbaugh, the group's executive director, told the Shelton City Council at its March 19 meeting. "It's an historic building, it's downtown, it's great for tourists and we've always felt our org...