Weird Noises

Folks were awoken early this morning by strange sounds out near Settler’s Hill trail – the old trail local kids call “suicide hill.” Residents described the sound as a “…rapid spitting sound. Like a cartoon spittle sound, but, from a machine gun.” Officer Sophia Martinez responded to the call, expecting to find the results of […]

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Community Bulletin – Definitely not prepared.

This is your Community Bulletin for The week of July 30th, 2016. Let’s cut right to it: Last night’s council meeting was emotionally brutal for most of those in attendance. Around 7:00 PM, folks gathered on the lawn in the shade of the museum, fanning themselves with copies of the meeting’s now-irrelevant agenda. There were […]

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We Are Not Prepared

Several concerned parties, the City Council being the most concerned, have spent the day discussing this Friday’s council meeting. For the first time in a very long time, they are in unanimous agreement on one thing: they have no idea what to expect. They feel, as Financial Chair Wilkins put it, “lost in the woods.” […]

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Nothing to see here

In the past, visitors have called our town “Too Friendly.” Maybe it’s true. We tend to acknowledge folks that come in earshot of us. We make eye contact,  greet folks by name, and even talk to strangers like we’ve known them for years. Considering the number of lost hikers and folks with car troubles that […]

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Art Vanished! Sorta.

It seems the tobacco tin full of questionable tobacco that sent the Council of Old Guys into the ozone belongs to Art Song. When Chief Wells went to question him about it Monday morning, things seemed out of place. Art’s front door was open and the house appeared to have been ransacked. The bedroom showed […]

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Unsigned Letters

The following were anonymous letters sent in for publication. Even though some of them had the person’s name as part of the email return address, we aren’t naming names.   “A lot of y’all think I’m a big dumb hick. All I care about is beer, fishing, and NASCAR. And you know what? That’s all […]

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Nothing out of the Ordinary for a Sunday

Anyone who ate at Edna’s this morning might find her behavior peculiar. She was explaining power consumption to one of those utility workers when she peeked toward the sculpture garden and gasped. She set a full pot of coffee in front of the workers, said “On the house,” then vanished back into the kitchen. A […]

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Community Bulletin: The Goats and the Jackdaw

This is your Community Bulletin for the week of July 26th, 2016 With so much of our history deriving from struggling trapping and mining expeditions, Leverite has never been much of a “lawn town.” Driving the streets, you see patches of unkempt grasses or local ground covers, fields of mixed clover and dandelion, and some […]

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Breakfast Revolt

After a week of Waffles, all day, every day, the mania has passed from Edna. She has tripled the price, hoping to discourage anyone from ordering them ever again. This led to some grumbling out in the sculpture garden, where some folks were just getting used to the thin french crepes or hefty belgian style […]

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RAQ: The Roberts and the Other Joneses

We got an email the other day from The Pummeler, aka Jeannie and Bruce’s son, Mike. He informs us that professional wrestling is not as glorious as it looks, but, he’s still working for his dreams. Good job, Mike! He concludes with a question: “When I lived in town, the neighbors were The Joneses, The […]

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