"Man changing flat tire is struck by SUV
A Holyoke man was seriously injured early yesterday morning after a sport utility vehicle struck him while he was standing next to a State Police cruiser, according to State Police. A trooper had pulled over to the breakdown lane of Interstate 391 northbound near Exit 4 in Chicopee to help the man attend to a flat tire. The man, whose name was not released, was standing by the trooper’s window at about 2:30 a.m. when the SUV swerved into the lane, hitting the man and the cruiser. The driver of the light-colored vehicle then drove away, State Police said. The trooper was not injured."
Just wanted to get to the party:
"Warrant issued in youth’s death at party
Holyoke police say they have identified a suspect in the weekend shooting of a 16-year-old. Chief Anthony Scott said yesterday that a warrant has been issued for Julio Reyes-Roman, 20, who is wanted in the slaying of Jean Carlos Laguer. Laguer, who was shot in the back, had come to the defense of his brother, who had been beaten unconscious, police said (AP)."
What is there to drink?
"Power company faces fine for water runoff
A coal-fired power station is facing federal fines of more than $177,000 in the discharge of muddy storm water and other pollutants into the Connecticut River. The Environmental Protection Agency says Mount Tom Generating Co. in Holyoke violated its federally issued permit by exceeding permit discharge limits over a five-month period during construction work. The EPA says rainwater running off construction sites can carry sediments, oil, and other pollutants that can contaminate streams, ponds, and rivers, possibly contributing the die-off of fish, toxic algae blooms, contamination of shellfish beds, and beach closings."
Oh, first the nuke plant upriver leaks radiation into the river and downriver (as the company lies about it and the newspaper minimize it).... but worry about global warming as you freeze your ass off this fall, New Englander!
Also see: Green Mountain Governor's Race May Leak Into Legislature
I don't even know who won. I will have to catch up on my Globe reading (ha-ha).
Updates:
"2 drivers die after snowstorm collision
MILWAUKEE — Parts of the Upper Midwest dug out from a heavy snowfall yesterday that caused more than 400 traffic accidents in Minnesota, and wintry conditions also were being blamed for a collision in northern Wisconsin that killed two people.
Winter is still over a month away.
Nearly a foot of snow had fallen in parts of the Twin Cities area by yesterday evening, downing trees and causing sporadic power outages. The storm that began late Friday night was blamed for a collision yesterday morning that killed both drivers and left a passenger hospitalized. The Minnesota State Patrol had responded to 401 crashes as of 4 p.m., Patrol Captain Matt Langer said (AP)."
"Handful of results might be weeks off" by Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press | November 4, 2010
DENVER — The gubernatorial election between Democrat Peter Shumlin and Republican Brian Dubie in Vermont had seemed headed for the Legislature to decide the winner. Under Vermont’s Constitution, lawmakers chose the governor if no candidate receives 50 percent of the vote plus one vote. No candidate had at least 50 percent, but Dubie conceded to Shumlin’s 3,000-vote lead....
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