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Youngstown police are investigating an alleged assault involving five Youngstown State University football players. According to a police report, Nick Gooden, Adam House, James Cravens, Logan McQuade and a player identified only as A.J. were drinking at a party when another student made a joke about Gooden's future with the team. The players allegedly pinned the student down and punched him in the head and face, causing a split lip.  

The vetoing of a resolution by Mayor Timothy Stewart to appoint three members to the Mattabassett District Commission has prompted allegations against the mayor of racial and political intolerance. In a letter to Town and City Clerk Peter Denuzze Wednesday, Stewart issued a veto of Resolution No. 30815 which appointed William Candelori, Louis Amodio and Edward Sasso to the commission. Stewart said he had no issues with Amodio or Sasso but that he could not support Candelori's return to the commission.

I do not take this step lightly as I am always reluctant to cast aspersions on New Britain residents who give of their time and talents to public service by serving on local boards and commissions   -Timothy Stewart

 

As the revitalization of the city becomes a higher priority for city officials and local citizens, the battle against paint-can-carrying taggers has at least one man fuming and ready to back up his anger with a reward. Jim Sanders runs a business on East Street and has been dealing with taggers, sometimes known as graffiti artists but more often as vandals, for too long. "We want the neighborhood to look better because I think it makes everyone in the neighborhood feel more positive," Sanders says.

We want the neighborhood to look better because I think it makes everyone in the neighborhood feel more positive   -Jim Sanders

 

The New Britain Human Resources Agency will host the grand opening of the new Las Perlas Hispanas Senior Center Friday. "This new facility is going to allow us to reach out to a larger segment of our community," said Marlo Greponne, director of planning and programming. This program was previously at 90 Main St., in South Church for over 20 years.  

Helen Craven, 86, of Chico, Calif., and formerly of Boulder City, passed away Oct. 17 at her home. She was born in Karney, Neb., on Jan. 20, 1923, to Paul and Malel Hahn. Helen worked as an electrician in Portland, Ore., during World War II. She moved to San Francisco where she meet her husband James Craven.  

Radio Golf is the kind of show that sneaks up on you, at first seeming to lack the grand ambitions of the early works in playwright August Wilson 's cycle of 20th-century dramas, until the old ghosts sneakily make their presence felt. The action takes place in a real-estate development office in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1997. Harmond Wilks ( James Craven ) has his eye on a massive gentrification project in the blighted neighborhood, with visions of Whole Foods , Starbucks , and a mayoral bid d  

Two men were pulled off of Bloomington Police Department officer George Connolly at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at Nick's English Hut while the officer tried to arrest one of their family members, BPD Lt. David Drake said. Connolly first arrived at Nick's to assist an IU Police Department officer who was chasing James Craven.  

A wandering bruin that made a habit of raiding city trash cans was inadvertently killed when he toppled from a tree after being hit with a tranquilizer dart Sept. 25. The bear, which climbed up a tree after being surrounded by Department of Environmental Protection officers on Elam Street, died in a first-of-its-kind accident, officials said. Dennis Schain, Department of Environmental Protection spokesman, said DEP officers have engaged in hundreds of successful bear captures.

We have officers who are very well trained but this was a freak accident   -Dennis Schain

 

In "Radio Golf," August Wilson attempts to put a capstone on his 10-play chronicle of the black experience in 20th century America. It's the kind of seemingly impossible task the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner relished. That neither the playwright nor Penumbra Theatre Company can end the cycle with a triumph is an unfortunate but minor tarnish on the larger accomplishment.  

A fantastic long-range drop-goal from just inside Stanningley's half by Thornhill captain Liam Morley proved the difference in this pulsating game. he final seconds to cut Thornhill's lead to a point. Stuart Halliday's conversion attempt failed and Thornhill registered their fourth successive win. Thornhill were well marshalled by Scott Dyson until he went off with an injured arm.