Naugatuck eyes 90 acre multi field sports complex
A long range plan filed Aug 7 proposes a 90 acre complex off Rubber Avenue Extension to include softball, baseball, football and soccer fields plus a skate area basketball courts playground and restrooms. Development costs worth 2.6 million would need property purchases voter approval and a winter or early spring 1998 referendum with a potential completion by spring 1999. The plan’s fate rests with the Long Term Capital Projects Committee and Joint Boards after further reviews.
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Naugatuck
Brian Dell
Dell
Paul Schmidt
Urs Greiner
Rocky Hill
Schmidt
Rubber Avenue
Wilmot Family
Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan
Burgess Robert Neth
Public Works
Kennedy caves to family scandals in governor race
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II ends bid for Massachusetts governor citing family scandals and low approval. He will seek re election to Congress, saying the race would focus on personal issues rather than health care jobs and education. The Kennedy family, long dominant in elections, faced internal turmoil and negative publicity from affairs and a contested annulment.
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Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy II
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
Camelot
Kevin Sowyrda
Sheila Rauch Kennedy
Michael
Joe
Sao Paio Feast Opens With Eel Delicacy Draw
Sao Paio festival kickoff arrives as Portuguese Club members prep and sell eel dishes, shipping 1200 pounds of eels from Maine and selling over 300 pounds to eager locals. Tony Marques notes eels attract feast crowds while admitting he dislikes the dish. event runs Friday to Labor Day weekend with Teen Night and DJ Play That Beat.
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Cherry Street
Sao Paio
Maine
Tony Marques
Marques
Martosa
Portugal
Spain
Naugatuck
Thousands march in protest of police brutality in New York
About 1 500 marchers converged on a Brooklyn plaza for the Day of Outrage Against Police Brutality led by Haitian community leaders. They planned a 2.4 mile walk to City Hall with speakers including former Mayor David Dinkins and Al Sharpton. Abner Louima remains hospitalized after surgery for a bowel obstruction linked to earlier injuries, with doctors noting improvement but continuing critical condition.
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New York
Brooklyn
Abner Louima
Brooklyn Bridge
City Hall
Lower Manhattan
Joseph Baptiste
National Organization For the Advancement of
Washington
David Dinkins
al Sharpton
Louima
Brooklyn Hospital
Terday
Jean Claude Compas
Compas
Andrew Tenn
Sanford Rubenstein
Albert O. Duncan
70Th Precinct
Duncan
Alonia
Haiti
Bethany barracks may close
Hartford Connecticut AP reports state police consider closing the Bethany barracks after a personnel cut from early retirement and funding reductions. The unit covers a large area of heavily traveled highways in New Haven County as Acting Commissioner William McGuire weighs a reorganization plan.
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Hartford, Conn
Bethany Barracks
New Haven
William McGuire
State Department of Public Safety
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Lee Kennedy
Richard
H.I Stone and Sons of
Southbury
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