Connecticut boosts metric shift with clip weight demo billboards
Commissioner Mary Heslin explains a paper clip weighs about one gram to illustrate the state's metric conversion program. The campaign aims to raise citizen awareness through statewide billboard posters.
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Ex-Nixon aide Leonard Garment mourns wife Grace Garment
Grace R Garment 49 identified as the woman who died by her own hand. She was found December 7 in a room at the Essex Hotel Boston after arriving from New York on December 3. The death was ruled by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
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Casino gambling eyed in Mass
Western Massachusetts business leaders push for a local option allowing casino gambling to boost tax revenue and attract tourism. The bill would restrict each community to one casino with a voter referendum every four years, amid concerns about job quality and broader economic impact.
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Government Regulations Committee
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Adams Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Greylock Reservation
Adams
Daniel Garbose
Greylock Associates
Selectmen Or Licensing Board
John Fitzpatrick
Stockbridge
Berkshires
Doetter
Fitzpatrick
Royal Bolling Jr
Dboston
David Swartz
D-Haverhill
Anthony McBride
D-Adams
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Extortion inquiry starts not as senator planned
Gerald McKee Jr., president of McKee-Berger-Mansueto Inc., testifies that one Massachusetts senator accused of extorting $40,000 sought to press the inquiry to harm a political rival. The remarks come during the federal See comeracy trial of Senate leaders Joseph J. DiCarlo and Ronald C. MacKenzie in Massachusetts.
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New York
Senate
Joseph J.C. DiCarlo
D.revere
Ronald C. MacKenzie
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MacKenzie
MBM
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Award-winning policeman faces false report charge
Hartford officer Omar Colon awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in 1974 is charged with falsifying a report about a suspect shot at a Far rington Avenue store. Investigators say he claimed the fugitive was fleeing when he was shot. Colon was released on a promise to appear in court.
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Common Pleas Court
Nicholas F. Armentano
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