Berzerk homeless terrorists strike downtown NA
Last evening as I filled the trash can, one of our neighbors across the alleyway hailed me.
"Better lock your doors tonight," she said. ...
Mayor Garner’s reforming zeal?
To this morning’s correspondent:
I wasn’t sure whether your thoughts were intended for posting in their entirety, so I erred on the side of caution...
Whither the “Bune, its ownership, and related topics
It's an old article, but one worth reading:
"The State of The American Newspaper; The Selling of Small Town America," from American Journalism Review:
http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3245
It would...
Why trees cry: The Sunday ‘Bune
A sunny, chilly November morning.
The Bune's city editor Amany Ali contributes a front-page report on the prosecutor’s impending decision on whether to bring David...
Damned blue state Target stores nix a million-dollar missionary racket
Yes, New Albany, there really is a Scrooge.
Last week we learned that the dastardly folks at Target have served notice to the Salvation Army...
Exurbians need not apply
Once again I've been reading about the expanding influence of exurbia, which is defined relatively simply as a residential area outside the city and...
Help! Homebuilder mafioso seizes control of county government
The rolling hills that begin where the city of New Albany ends are called the Knobs.
Native American wisdom has it that a Knob is...
Package store veterans day
My period of employment at the “old” Scoreboard Liquors in downtown New Albany lasted from 1982 to 1988. Scoreboard’s front door opened onto West...
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Behind the mask.
Hearts and minds are for the weak
(response to message)
It's too early to tell which direction this will go, but I'm hoping that there can be some form of interactive spin-off...
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2006: The NA Confidential – Volunteer Hoosier merger.
Diana and I first met Randy Smith on the grounds of the Moser Tannery in 2004 (wife Ann was with him; I knew her...
The Highwayman at city council, 2009: “Romeo, Romeo,——-?”
Lloyd "The Highwayman" Wimp, who sadly left us on November 12, 2010, was an old acquaintance of my 1990s-era pub madness who became a...
Prague’s concrete paneláks aren’t finished yet.
Having grown up under the tutelage of a father who went out of his way to avoid urban areas, and this being America, my...
