[Congressman Billybob]

That spartacus website in the UK which you found was one of the first that started adding to my factual information. It kept turning up on search after search. But others, from intensely local sources -- towns, schools, churches, etc., were more useful because they had more details.

It was a high school website which gave me the info so I was sure the original rumor was false, in saying that Mrs. Alito (Bomgardner) knew Mary Jo Kopeckne personally. It was also some local sources that convinced me that allegations that she was having an affair with Ted Kennedy were probably false. But that was beyond the scope of this article.

John / Billybob

[beyond the sea]

It was also some local sources that convinced me that allegations that she was having an affair with Ted Kennedy were probably false

From what I learned from Edgartown locals (always talk to the cab drivers) at the time of the event, you are most likely right that they had no relationship.