SHELBURNE FALLS A year before shocking charges of child molestation were levied against Richard Lavigne in 1991, I had two chances to meet with the then-admired priest of St. Joseph’s Parish.First, a parish member recommended I see him for.
Former Recorder reporter reflects on Lavigne case
The Rev. Richard Lavigne, a Roman Catholic priest, pleads guilty in Superior Court to two counts of indecently assaulting two adolescent boys, in this June 25, 1992, photo, in Newburyport. Investigators were preparing to seek an arrest warrant for the defrocked priest long considered a suspect in the 1972 killing of a Western Massachusetts altar boy shortly before his death on Friday. AP FILE PHOTO/SCOTT MAGUIRE
A photo of former Roman Catholic priest Richard Lavigne, who Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni announced Monday was responsible for the murder of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972. Lavigne, a convicted sex offender, had died days prior on May 21 at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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Developer challenges conditions for Dollar General permit
The proposed site plan for a Dollar General store on Routes 5 and 10 in South Deerfield, which is not to scale. CONTRIBUTED IMAGE
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SOUTH DEERFIELD Another complaint has been filed regarding the Zoning Board of Appeals’ decision to grant a special permit for the proposed development of a Dollar General on Routes 5 and 10 this time, by the applicant itself.
After finally receiving approval for a special permit last month after numerous meetings, the applicant South Deerfield DG Series LLC filed a complaint with the Franklin County Land Court, appealing the ZBA’s decision to “impose numerous conditions” considered by the applicant to be “unreasonable, arbitrary, capricious and in excess of the Zoning Board of Appeals’ authority.”