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The following correction was published in the Telegram & Gazette on November 12, 2011:

Worcester City Manager Michael V. O'Brien was shown greeting Woonsocket Mayor Leo Fontaine in a photo in yesterday's Telegram & Gazette. Because of an editor's error, Mr. O'Brien's title was incorrect.

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Dudley/Oxford

Woman's body pulled from reservoir

DOUGLAS - The body of an Oxford woman was pulled from Whitin Reservoir about 9:30 yesterday morning.

Police Officer Jacob Bloniasz located the body of Natalya Kapustina, 36, of 3 Thayer Pond Drive, Unit 15, Oxford, in the water by the spillway 30 feet below the dam near West and Northwest Main streets. A gray Nissan Altima registered to a family member of Ms. Kapustina was found parked nearby, and police found personal items on top of the dam wall.

The body was removed by members of the Douglas Fire Department and Douglas Dive Rescue Team.

Timothy J. Connolly, spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr., said, "At this point, we don't suspect any foul play, but we're continuing to investigate." He said the Office of the Medical Examiner will try to determine the cause of death.

According to an undated resume posted online on resume.com, Ms. Kapustina had a high school education and was looking for work as a part-time housekeeper.

Region

NH officials: Mass. man had lone gunshot wound

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire officials said a Massachusetts man killed on a hunting expedition with family members died of a single gunshot wound to the neck.

Fish and Game officials say Kenneth Brunelle, 31, of Marlboro, Mass., was accompanying his father and brother in Lisbon in northern New Hampshire Wednesday morning when he was struck by a bullet fired from a high-velocity weapon.

Officials identified the shooter yesterday as Wade Holmes, 48, of Lisbon. No charges have been filed.

Fish and Game Sgt. Brian Suttmeier said the investigation is continuing and the results will be turned over the Grafton county attorney for review.

Officials said Brunelle was not carrying a firearm.

The last hunting-related death in New Hampshire occurred on the opening day of muzzleloader season in 2009.

Sterling

Recordings released from Murray's crash

State police released 911 recordings last night of Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray's Nov. 2 single-car crash on Interstate 190 in Sterling.

Two of the recordings are 911 calls, although the second was truncated. In the...

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