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Connecticut Town Bars Homeless From Motels - New York Times
Correction: March 24, 1989, Friday, Late City Final Edition A picture caption on Wednesday about an ordinance in Old Saybrook, Conn., prohibiting the sheltering of homeless people at motels, misstated its intent. Those already housed in motels will not be required to leave, but no new homeless
Publication: The New York Times
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It's Motel McGovern, The Inn Place; In Connecticut, The Ex-Politician's Fantasy Fulfilled
People still waylay George McGovern as he's walking down the corridors of the Stratford Inn or chatting by the fireplace in the lobby. Sometimes they want his opinions on the lofty kinds of issues politicians are accustomed to addressing: "Is this guy Gorbachev for real?" "Do we dare let those
Publication: The Washington Post
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Oh, There's a Grand Motel, With a . . . - New York Times
WE spent a night in a Connecticut motel the other day: let's call it the Holiday Western Hampton Ramada Six. I had forgotten how comfortable a good motel could be. Many years ago, on a big tour around the United States, I lived in motels for a whole year. Compared to living in a house, it was a
Publication: The New York Times
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Hotel sale.(Danbury Motel Associates, Inc. was the seller and the buyer was SMP Investment Group)(Brief Article)
Hospitality with Sperry Van Ness Hamm & Company in Stamford announced the sale of the Holiday Inn, located at 80 Newtown Road in Danbury, Connecticut. Danbury Motel Associates, Inc. was the seller and the buyer was SMP Investment Group. Hamm acted as the sole broker in the transaction. The
Publication: Real Estate Weekly
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In the Region: Connecticut and Westchester; Vacancies Troubling Connecticut's Hotels - New York Times
LEAD: HOTEL vacancy rates in Connecticut have risen to an average of 50 percent, reflecting sharp cutbacks in business travel and the relocation or reduction of corporate staffs. Nevertheless, optimistic chains continue to build new hotels to the dismay of those who own existing ones and now face
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Suspect in deadly robberies arrested at motel on New Jersey casino strip
JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-04-2005 Dateline: ATLANTIC CITY, New JerseyA man suspected of killing three jewelers during a robbery spree in New York and Connecticut was captured Friday at a motel on the casino strip.Christopher DiMeo, 23, was unarmed and surrendered
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In the Region: Connecticut and Westchester; Little Relief Seen for Connecticut Hotels - New York Times
THE new year is not expected to bring much relief to Connecticut's beleaguered hotels. Since 1989, the industry has been battered by the loss or contraction of corporations within the state, by a general cutback in business travel, a decline in tourism and the brute force of the recession in New
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In the Region: Connecticut; Casino Awakens Sluggish Hotel Industry - New York Times
HOTEL development in Connecticut has ground to a halt, except along a 10-mile stretch of Route 2 in the southeastern part of the state, where almost a dozen hotels have been proposed. Long-unwanted tracts in New London County are being eyed by national chains, Sheraton among them. The owner of one
Publication: The New York Times
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In the Region: Connecticut and Westchester; A Downtown Hartford Convention Center - New York Times
SEVERAL cities are looking to convention centers as catalysts to invigorate their sagging downtown economies. While the Northeast's large-scale convention business is dominated by the 1.8 million-square-foot Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, smaller cities, hoping to scoop up trade
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IN THE REGION: Connecticut and Westchester; Hard Times for Hoteliers in Hartford - New York Times
LEAD: A DECLINE in occupancy over the last several years has led to the closing of the Parkview Hilton, once the premier hotel in the heart of downtown Hartford, to a struggle for guests by a major new hotel and to the pullout of a major partner in still another. A DECLINE in occupancy over the
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