The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson is pleased to announce that a grant request to the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation (www.rdlgfoundation.org) has been awarded.  The Historical Society has received a grant award of $1,000 to support the Historical Society’s Spinney Clock Collection and Guild.  Early in the 2000’s, the Spinney Clock Guild was organized with the goal of training enough student members to become professional clock repair volunteers – to fix and maintain the 250 clocks and watches in the Spinney Collection.  The Spinney Clock Collection was acquired from Ross and Tex Spinney.