On Monday, Wilton Social Services transitioned from the makeshift food pantry back into their full-time food pantry in the lower portion of the Comstock Community Center.  As the numbers of individuals needing assistance from Social Services and the food pantry goes up,  Wilton officials thanked the community for their support.  The increasing need for assistance is supported by preliminary Department of Labor data on initial unemployment claims filed by town, by industry, by gender and by age.  Between February 24th and March 22nd, some 378 Wilton residents filed new claims for unemployment.  For the period ending April 12th, another 269 Wilton residents filed for a total of 647 new claims by Wilton residents.  This represents 7.7% of February’s labor force, of which 3.6% was unemployed.  The unemployment rate for Wilton as of April 12th was 11.3%.