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June 11, 2007
HINSDALE, Mass. (AP) - Former Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette has won a legal victory that allows him to hold college-level summer baseball games at a sports camp he runs here.
A resident who lives near the Dan Duquette Sports Academy took Duquette, the town's Zoning Board of Appeals and building inspector to state Land Court two years ago in an effort to annul a special permit that allowed the sports academy to operate.
The neighbor, Patrick Mehr, also challenged the height of the light poles used to illuminate the stadium.
State Land Court Judge Alexander H. Sands III ruled last month that the ZBA wasn't wrong when it gave Duquette the special permits.
Duquette had wanted the Dukes - the team he has in the New England College Baseball League - to play in Hinsdale. But while the case was pending, the Dukes played at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield.
"Our home field would be Wahconah Park," Duquette said. "It's nice to know that we have the right to operate, and it's good that the judge supported that right based on the significant investment that we've made into that property."
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