NORWICH – At last week’s common council meeting Norwich resident, Karol Kucinski, reminded the council about the importance of historical preservation.

Kucinski had visited city hall to find records about the 1925 election for a college assignment, and was perturbed when he couldn't gain access to the documents due to how they were stored.

After reviewing the city budget, and finding the historian section stripped of funding, he knew he wanted to bring this to the attention of the common council.

“This struck me as something needs to change. Hopefully next year we can work together and try to improve the situation in terms of the cities archives of public documents,” said Kucinski.