Tag Archives: local matters

It’s the Lottery’s Fault?

By Kirk M | Published May 10, 2008

I read an article today in one of the local newspapers about the 30th anniversary of the Vermont lottery and the possibility of expanding the lottery in various yet unsaid ways. What caught my attention about this article was that among the interviews of local folks about how they felt about this possible expansion of [...]

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Love That Local Humor

By Kirk M | Published April 29, 2008

Yup! You just have to love our local humor.
(Source: The Barton Chronicle, Vol. 35, #16, April 23rd, 2008)

Posted in Just Foolin, The News | Also tagged , 1 Comment

17% of Vermonters Admit Driving Drunk

By Kirk M | Published April 23, 2008

I banged into my local news site today and I immediately zoned in on this headline:
17% of Vermonters Admit Driving Drunk
Washington, D.C. – April 23, 2008
According to a new federal report, nearly one in six motorists in Vermont admit they have driven drunk. The report relies on information from the National Survey on Drug Use [...]

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Irish Missile Launched at Newport, VT. Lands in Tree

By Kirk M | Published February 25, 2008

Grandad launched a (left over Russian Cold War era) Missile at my town today but instead of exploding properly, wreaking death and destruction everywhere, it instead embedded itself in my neighbors tree.
  (Photo Courtesy of Sixty via a Weather Satellite reentering the atmosphere)
It’s obvious that Grandad had to have his neighbor, [...]

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An Alfred Hitchcock Moment on Rt. 100

By Kirk M | Published December 10, 2007

Rt.100, somewhere between West Dover and Podunk, somewhere between 2:30 and 3:00 AM Sunday morning; a body lies in the road. The body is male. If you could get a good look at him you might notice that he’s probably in his early twenties. At this point though, we have no idea whether this [...]

Posted in Life at home | 2 Comments

Wind Towers-Complaining for all the wrong reasons.

By Kirk M | Published November 30, 2007

I don’t usually blog about local matters but this controversy about wind towers being built atop some of our mountains and ridges is beginning to get my goat. And just so you know, I think it’s a viable solution to begin pulling away from our dependency on the power grid or at the very least, [...]

Posted in Life at home | 6 Comments