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Massachusetts: Plea Deal in Shooting
A sporting club is donating $10,000 to children's charities as part of a deal settling charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with an Uzi at a 2008 gun fair.
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Club pleads no contest in boy's death
Seventeen months ago, as his father stood nearby at a gun range in Westfield, 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj aimed an Uzi at a pumpkin and squeezed the trigger.
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Gun club charity cash after boy's Uzi death
An American sporting club is donating US$10,000 to children's charities after the death of a boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi during a gun fair.
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Settlement In Connecticut Boy's Shooting With Uzi At Sports Club;...
A sportsman's club has pleaded no contest in the tragic death of an 8-year-old boy from Connecticut who shot himself by mistake in 2008 when he could not handle the recoil of an Uzi machine gun in Massachusetts.
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Mass. club pleads no contest in boy's Uzi death
A Massachusetts sporting club is donating $10,000 to children's charities as part of a deal settling criminal charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi during a gun fair.Christopher Bizilj's parents approved the Westfield Sportsman's Club's plea deal reached Thursday in Hampden Superior Court, ...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Local Headlines Beets proposes hikes in town, city budgets Eastford woman startled by two home-invasion suspects Fire wrecks Ashford garage Buckman seeks Merrilla s seat Windham applying for high-speed internet test site Bus driver charged in Coventry accident Obituaries Edward A. Beebe - Willington Opinion Government should handle student loans ...
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Boston Man Gets Life In Prison in Murder of Ashford Native
The killer of a young man from Ashford, Conn. was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole.
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Eastern Connecticut: State Rep. Hurlburt Featured Panelist On Annual Business Day At Capitol
Regional Submitted by Larry Perosino, Connecticut General Assembly, on 2010-02-24.   David Bednarz State Representative Bryan Hurlburt addresses issues facing small businesses during a panel discussion at Business Day 2010 held at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
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Martha Coakley, cautionary tale
As the forum of Democratic candidates came to order Tuesday evening in the old town hall in the little town of Ashford, the party had not yet blown but was rather still in the process of blowing its can't-miss opportunity just a few miles away, across the state line in Massachusetts.
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State Representative To Hold Office Hours
State Rep. Bryan Hurlburt will hold office hours in Ashford Wednesday and in Willington next Tuesday.
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Trial date set for former Pelham Police Chief Edward Fleury,...
A June 1 trial date is set in Hampden Superior Court for the first defendants being prosecuted in connection with the 2008 shooting death of an 8-year-old boy at the Westfield Sportsmen's Club.
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Young dairy farmer bucks economic trend
Dairy farmer Andrew Samuelson brings his cows to the barn for the night at his farm in Ashford.
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After Home Explodes, Town Rallies To Help
Firefighters from seven fire companies fought a 2-alarm fire which roared through an old home set back from the road at 51 Bundy Lane in Mansfield Monday morning.
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Tolland: Tolland Residents Named To State Boards
Government Announcements Submitted by Larry Perosino, Connecticut General Assembly, on 2010-01-13.   State Representative Bryan Hurlburt, who represents Ashford, Tolland and Willington in the Connecticut General Assembly, announced that two Tolland residents have been named to a pair of state environmental boards by legislative leaders.
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Geographic Information Systems Mapping the Future for Geographers
Jeffrey Osleeb, head of the geography department, says Geographic Information Systems map how geographers work, and how geography students are taught.
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5 Taken To Hospitals After SUV-Minivan Crash In Willington
Five people were taken to hospitals after the driver of an SUV failed to stop at a stop sign, got hit by a minivan, then crashed over a guardrail and went airborne before landing on its right side, according to a report by state police.
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Former Stewardess's Santa 'Flight' For Ill Children Has Uncertain Future
"Now I need my purse and my little white gloves," said the former stewardess for Eastern Airlines.
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Holiday Reception Brings Families Of Deployed Troops Together
But something was missing. Her father, Brett, a member of the Guard's 118th medical battalion deployed in Iraq, wasn't part of the family portrait.
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Rehab Center protects birds of prey
Horizon Wings is on a quest to save Connecticut's environment, one raptor at a time.
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