Shipyard workers and others seek food, fuel aid during shutdown

KITTERY, Maine — Some Portsmouth Naval Shipyard civilian employees have turned to Footprints food pantry and the Mainspring social services collective since the Oct. 1 start of the U.S. government shutdown .

Yard workers have inquired about food and fuel assistance in the two weeks since government funding expired, setting up a showdown between Democrat and Republican lawmakers in the nation’s capital.