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Free by request to residents of Webster, Dudley and the Oxfords SEND YOUR NEWS AND PICS TO [email protected] Friday, August 9, 2019 Singletary Gun Club Juveniles arrested goes to the dogs Sunday in connection BY GUS STEEVES with robbery CORRESPONDENT BY JASON BLEAU masks, and a silver and black OXFORD – According to CORRESPONDENT the ASCPA, 23 percent of Pellet Pistol all thought to be used in their numerous rob- Americans got their dogs DUDLEY – Two suspects beries. from shelters or humane have been apprehended by In a report issued by the societies. Connecticut State Police after Dudley Police Department This coming Sunday, one committing a string of robber- it was revealed that the rob- of those groups seeks your ies, including one in Dudley. bery took place at just before support, as Dog Orphans Two unnamed juveniles were 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30. holds its seventh annual apprehended by Connecticut Dudley Police arrived to dis- Sounds for Hounds ben- State Police only days after cover that the suspects had sto- efit concert and more at committing a robbery at the len both cash and cigarettes Singletary Rod and Gun Patriot Gas Convenience Store before feeling on foot east- Club from noon to 5:30 p.m. at 251 West Main St. The sus- bound. Police had reported the According to manager pects were identified as a potential getaway vehicle as a Ron Morse, the event will 16-year-old male from Hamden, pickup truck fitting the even- feature three bands – the Conn. and a 16-year-old female tual vehicle found in the sus- Black & White Band, Fat from Canterbury, Conn. whose pects’ possession. The juveniles City Band and Houston names have been withheld by showed a handgun while rob- Bernard Band – plus food authorities due to their ages. bing the Dudley store. Three (BBQ, Southern chicken The two suspects were caught days later on Friday, August and various cookout fare), after robbing an East Hampton, 2 Dudley Police updated their 30-plus vendors, a “doggie Conn. package store at around report to confirm the suspects water park,” raffles and 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 1. The juve- arrested in Norwich were the games. One new event this niles attempted to escape in a perpetrators of the Patriot Gas year is “Ping Pong Mania,” stolen vehicle leading to a police Convenience Store robbery. where people get two min- chase than eventually ended in “The Dudley Police wish utes to collect as many Norwich, Conn. Police reported to thank the members of the ping-pong balls as possible a foot chase commenced after Connecticut State Police for for $10; many of them are the duo were pulled over when their work on this matter,” read marked for prizes. officers recognized the vehicle the press release. “Also, thanks Dog Orphans is a no-kill from the robbery report. The go out to the many residents shelter in Douglas which truck was reported stolen from and businesses who assisted “works with several agen- Hamden on July 27. In the ensu- with video evidence and infor- cies in Georgia” who have ing days after stealing the truck mation which led toward iden- dogs needing new homes, the duo robbed several stores tifying these individuals - It manager Ron Morse said. in Northeastern Connecticut, was a great example of solid On average, it shelters 20 at eventually making their way to police work by many officers Courtesy Photo a time, and has placed 350 so Dudley, right across the border from multiple departments, far this year. from Thompson, Conn., where A pair of canine companions enjoy the sights and sounds at last working in collaboration with “We take in a lot of Lab- they targeted the Patriot Gas year’s Sounds for Hounds benefit. Photo courtesy of the event’s the community to solve a series hound mixes because of the Convenience Story on July 30. Facebook page. of serious crimes. Fortunately, The suspects were found to Please Read GUN CLUB, page A5 be in possession of clothing, Please Read ROBBERIES, page A4 Dudley to require background checks for liquor licensees BY JASON BLEAU Steve Wojnar approach until now Dudley didn’t Wojnar told selectmen. ant part of the Dudley three- and five-year CORRESPONDENT the board on July 29 to have a set policy on when “What should happen is Police upholding the law. options and even consid- discuss how the town these background checks individuals should come However, selectmen also ered as much as six year DUDLEY – Dudley’s handled required back- would be redone in order back after a certain peri- wanted to avoid putting to match the require- Board of Selectmen is ground checks for such to ensure these shop od of time and we take undue financial pres- ments for firearms implementing a new business owners. A fin- owners are maintaining another set of finger- sure on business owners licenses. In the end they requirement for licensed gerprinting law was clean records. prints and send them seeing as the licensee decided to put each pro- liquor store owners and passed in 2013 requir- “One of the consider- back in to make sure would be responsible posal to a vote. Proposals other similar business- ing liquor shop owners ations that was taken there haven’t been any for the $100 fingerprint- for five and four years es that will require fin- to be receive criminal under advisement at issues that have taken ing fee. The chief agreed both failed in a three-two gerprinting every three background checks and the time when this was place between the time that a set schedule could decision but having back- years. while the CORI checks passed back in 2013 was they first came in and the help avoid this burden ground checks required After some animated allow police access to to have the board estab- renewal time. Consider it and told selectmen he every three years earned discussion the Dudley their criminal records lish a time frame when basically like a firearms observed a three-year three votes of approval selectmen chose the in Massachusetts, finger- individual license hold- license.” minimum and five-year and only two dissenting three-year requirement printing provides them ers should come back Because it is illegal for maximum renewal in votes officially setting over longer wait times access to their criminal in and resubmit their a liquor license holder to other communities. Dudley’s new policy in of four, five and six record from across the fingerprints again for have a criminal record, Selectmen heavily stone. years after Police Chief nation. However, up a further check,” Chief these tests are an import- debated between the Local actors to be featured in Hanover Theatre’s “Music Man Jr.” WORCESTER — The Courtesy Photo Hanover Theatre Pre-Teen Pictured L-R: Maria Jordanoglou, Youth Summer Program Harrison Jordanoglou, Katrina Presents “The Music Man JR.” Piekielniak on Saturday, Aug. 10 at 2 and 6 p.m. The cast includes Dudley residents Maria Jordanoglou (River City Kid), Harrison Jordanoglou (Olin Britt) and Katrina Piekielniak(Pick-a- little Lady). Based on Meredith Willson’s ments and uniforms for a boys’ six-time, Tony® Award- band he vows to organize. winning musical comedy, “The The catch? He doesn’t know a Music Man JR.” features some trombone from a treble clef. of musical theatre’s most icon- His plans to skip town with ic songs and a story filled with the cash are foiled when he wit, warmth and good old-fash- falls for Marian, whose belief ioned romance. It’s family in Harold just might help him entertainment at its best… a succeed in the end in spite of bold, brassy show that will himself. have the whole town atwitter! Tickets to “The Music Man Master showman Harold JR.” are $15. Reservations Hill is in town and he’s got are available online at “Seventy-Six Trombones” TheHanoverTheatre.org, by in tow. Can upright, uptight phone at 877-571-SHOW (7469) Marian, the town librarian, or at The Hanover Theatre box resist his powerful allure? The office located at 2 Southbridge story follows fast-talking trav- St. in downtown Worcester. eling salesman, Harold Hill, as About The Hanover Theatre he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instru- Please Read MUSIC MAN, page A4 2 • THE WEBSTER TIMES • Friday, August 9, 2019 www.StonebridgePress.com Charter account to fund tech upgrades BY JASON BLEAU for meetings. Upon taking that there’s plenty of money money being used is specifi- sentations on a second screen CORRESPONDENT office as Town Administrator in the franchise fee account to cally designated for such proj- currently installed against the DUDLEY – The Dudley earlier this year, Ruda saw fit provide for a video monitor in ects and cannot be transferred outside wall to the audiences Municipal Complex will be to put the account to use. He every meeting room, to update to different accounts or used right. That screen will also be receiving some technological noted he was partially inspired the buildings wireless capabili- in other ways to balance the replaced with a bigger mon- upgrades thanks to the finan- to do so after viewing a pre- ty, to purchase the software to town’s budget further justi- itor. The improvements will cial benefits of the town’s sentation while serving as a control the presentation ,and fying the improvements as a also allow for live broadcasting long-standing partnership with selectman in Dudley where the to integrate the capability into proper use of the funds.