Conn. police chief apologizes over Reilly case remarks
Connecticut State Police Commissioner Edward Leonard apologized for saying Peter Reilly killed his mother Barbara Gibbons. Reilly’s lawyer announced potential civil action over a released investigative report conflicting with a grand jury finding. Leonard defended the earlier decision not to seek a new warrant as the case continues.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Peter A. Reilly
Edward Leonard
Reilly
Andrew Garson
Fairfield
Leonard
Peter Reilly
Garson
Canaan
Barbara Gibbons
Ella T. Grasso
Dennis Santoro
State Capitol
Pownal Selectmen Address Road Work And Leases
Pownal selectmen met to inspect a disputed Montgomery Road drainage ditch and accept a five year lease for Anna Hargrove’s land at 2000 dollars per year for gravel and sand stockpiling. They also approved brush removal on Peaks Pines Road and assigned a brush-cutting position to Bill Lounsbury.
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Pownal
Walter J. Pollert
Pollerts
John Patterson
Byron Towslee
Montgomery Road
Anna Hargrove
Fred Palmer
Peaks Pines
Bill Lounsbury
Haunted house planned in Williamstown
The Children's Museum and Williamstown Boy's Club will present a haunted house on Saturday October 29 at the Boy's Club on Cole Avenue. Open 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. admission is 1 dollar for all. Chris DeFrance of Williamstown organizes the event, modeled after a Pittsfield haunted house. The Manchester School Board will meet October 26 at 7 p.m. at Manchester Elementary School.
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Williamstown
Mass
Children’s Museum
Chris DeFrance
Pittsfield
Manchester School Board
Manchester
Manchester meeting rescheduled for Halloween event at Red Barn
Due to poor turnout at the October 18 Human Resources Council meeting town Manager Henry Lambert’s presentation is postponed to noon on Tuesday November 15 at the Red Barn Ethan Allen Community College. The Halloween program features Macbeth witches Frankenstein laboratory Dracula graveyard Hansel and Gretel witch cannibal monster and make it crafts plus Theatre Co operative skits and dances with a small extra fee.
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Human Resources Council
Henry Lambert
Red Barn
Ethan Allen Community College
Dracula
Children’s Museum
Children’s Museum’s Theatre Co-operative
Berkshire
Quincy Market Restored Boston Hub Attracts Throng
Boston's Quincy Market reopens as part of Farneil Hall Marketplace revival drawing thousands since August 1976. The diverse stalls offer French sausages, Greek gyros, German sausages, cheeses, fresh produce, exotic drinks, and ready to eat delicacies as shops and eateries fill the central complex near City Hall.
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Boston
UPI
Quincy
Toulouse
Farneil Hall
Quincy Market
South Market
Farneil Hall Marketplace
North Market
Irish writer to read his work at Wills College
Tom MacIntyre, visiting lecturer in English at Wills College, will read from his works on Oct 25 at 8 p.m. in Griffin Hall. Irish native from Inishbofin County Galway, he has published novels, stories, essays and Gaelic poetry translations and recently shifted to theatre. His fourth play Find the Lady, a modern Salome retelling, was produced by the Abbey Theatre in Dublin this past April. The public is invited to attend.
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Williamstown
Mass
Tom MacIntyre
Wills College
Griffin Hall
MacIntyre
Ireland
Inishbofin
the Island of the White Cow
County Galway
Abbey Theatre
Dublin
Macintrye
Springfield murder trial recesses in Worcester
The jury in the murder trial of Robert Wilson retired without a verdict and deliberations will resume today at Worcester Superior Court. Wilson of Keene New Hampshire is accused of killing Joseph Sceposki and Edward Flavin during a March 1976 holdup at Sceposki Central Auto Body in Greenfield. Sceposki was shot in the head and Flavin’s throat was cut in the $118 robbery. Also charged are Michael Renz and Robert Smith, both from Keene, who will be tried separately.
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Worcester
Mass
UPI
Robert Wilson
Worcester Superior Court
Wilson
Keene
N.H
Joseph Sceposki
Edward Flavin
Sceposki
Central
Greenfield
Flavin
Michael Renz
Robert Smith
Pedestrian killed crossing road in Barre Town
Morin Lee, 70, of Websterville, was struck by a car and killed Thursday night on Websterville Road in Barre Town. The driver was David Chouinard, 19, of Barre City. The crash brought Vermont’s highway toll for the year to 85, five fewer than at this time in 1976.
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Barre Town
UPI
Morin Lee
Websterville
Websterville Road
David Chouinard
Barre City
Vermont
Rhode Island bans Sunday horse racing as Garrahy vows no gambling
Governor Garrahy insists there will be no Sunday racing in Rhode Island, risking Narragansett Park’s future. Officials note no RI law bans Sunday racing but past governors opposed it, while a four day schedule may be reviewed as attendance lags and betting drops.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
J. Joseph Garrahy
Narragansett Park
Rhode Island
Garrahy
Racing Commission
Pawtucket
Manchester
State Racing Commission
Robert A. Gentile
Commission
Gansett
Narragansett
Harvard
James V. Rigney
The
Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association
J. Alden Dooley
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Lorette Avenue
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Michael McShane
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arthur Faris
Bennington
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Armstrong Place
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Lsa Furniture Inc
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