Major tourist development for blacksmiths set for opening in 2016
CAMBRIDGE â The New Bedford-based Smith & Wesson Manufacturing Co. is planning to open its first blacksmith in the Boston area, opening its first store in South Boston early next year and opening another in South Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, and then in Somerville's Riverview neighborhood.
Founded in 1892, the company grew to become one of the top producers in the United States, making handguns and machine guns, rifles, shotguns and pistols, all with names that capture their distinctive character: Smith & Wesson, Smith & Wesson Classic and Springfield Armory, the venerable rifle manufacturer.
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Its factory in Woodstock is considered the best in the world, and on Monday it opened its first factory in the town. The shop, the largest in the world, will be opened in the former Smith & Wesson shop on Water Street, just below the historic St. Stephen's Church and the site of the historic Smith and Wesson Hall of Fame, to meet demand for blacksmith tools, such as tools used in gunsmiths, and in new-build homes.
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It will also become one of Boston's first retail outlets for handguns, such as the Smith & Wesson H&K Model 94, which became a national brand after its arrival in 1962. The gunmaker is also planning to open a second location in the Beacon Hill area, along Spring Street, next year and will begin mass-producing parts and gear for its AR platform, along with many other gun-related items that it makes.
On Saturday, the company, which is owned by the S&W brand, opened a new factory at the site of the old former Wesson factory. The Smith & Wesson in Boston building, with its sleek red brick exterior and striking glass walls and ceiling panels, is expected to be opened by the start of the year, according to Matthew D. Gann, chief operating officer at Smith & Wesson.
The retail space will be operated by the Gann family, who owns the company, as part of the company's ongoing efforts to expand into larger retail and distribution business. As part of that effort, the company is opening three additional locations.
"The Smith & Wesson Center at the Smith & Wesson Company, at the intersection of Boston Common and Boston Common Avenue, in Water Street, is a world-class retail environment," Gann said.
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The shop is scheduled to be operational by mid-2018, Gann said, but
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Finnish millionaire hit with record speeding fine; A. Klemens has been fined $1,000 for driving his BMW 500X between the city limits of Inglewood and Glendale.
By The Associated Press.
A.K.A. "Blair's Motor Car," A.K.A. "Vic's Car" â a man who, in the early 1990s, racked up two speeding offenses was issued with a record $1,000 fine after his Mercedes-Benz 250S was caught speeding, according to a court filing in an Inglewood-based criminal trial.
The city of Inglewood, located about 35 miles north of Los Angeles, cited the owner of the vehicle for a violation that would have cost between $1,000 and $3,000 to resolve. At that time, the city considered the car's estimated value at $35,000, said court spokeswoman Lisa Heffernan.
The owner of the Mercedes, John Vennell, was fined $5,000 and gave a statement to police saying that he paid the fine because he believed the fines were going to help his family, Heffernan said. The city of Inglewood did not immediately return a call for comment on Tuesday.
Vennell's Mercedes was parked in the center median at the intersection of Glendale and Inglewood avenues a half-mile from downtown Inglewood when traffic arrived, according to the city's report.
Cars stopped on the street did not yield and "no one did a double take when a large, black SUV sped past them and passed over their car in the median," Inglewood police wrote.
When a lighted police car arrived, the driver was handcuffed and was taken to a nearby hospital.
Vennell told the arresting officer his car had been stopped twice and had been painted in blue stripes, according to the Inglewood police report. Vennell also said the car was not licensed to drive.
Two days earlier, he had been involved in a crash that injured a young boy on a motorized scooter. He had left the scene, had not been seen and was reported missing by his parents, the report said.
He said he was going to get into the Mercedes as it was parked on the side of the road, and if that occurred, a "lack of speed was to blame," according to the report. Vennell admitted to having consumed alcohol the night before.
Vennell was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and two counts of driving while suspended or revoked. Vennell was cited for one of the cited violations at the time of his arrest, according to police document
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