Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
31 October 2299
Halloween Event Canceled in Easy Town
Easy Town was supposed to have a town-wide Halloween event today, including a party featuring several of the Assaultrons players at a party at the Blue Plate club. Instead the event was canceled by Kay Merchant today due to the sixth murder in what people are calling the Easy Town murders.
We have not been allowed specific details of the case nor the current victim, but a sixth victim was found near the docks yesterday. Attention to the CBO was first garnered when Assaultrons pitching coach Kyle Verrecchio's wife, Kay Adams-Verrecchio was found murdered. She was the third victim. There have now been three more.
Roxbury's Swenson Wins Strong-Man Competition
Roxbury Knuckle Punchers backup catcher Biddy Swenson participated in the Roxbury Strong Man Competition at Toyland this week, taking the 2299 championship over the two-time defending champion George "Guai" Maximus.
Swenson excelled in the Stone Toss event, breaking the previous record by throwing the 25-pound stone 88 feet (nearly the length of a baseball base). The previous record was held by Bull Jane Whitfield who threw it 76 feet.
Swenson also was the top athlete in the Squat Lift, topping out at 850 pounds, just short of Maximus' record of 875 pounds. Maximus topped out at 800 pounds in this year's event.
For winning the event, Swenson won 1000 caps and will have his poster at Toyland's Strong-kiddo section of the theme parks. Swenson decided to use his Knuckle Punchers roster picture for the poster.