THE REBUILD
After 14 Months and 3 Bake Sales, the Duck Pond Footbridge Reopens
Mayor Tilly Crumb cut the ribbon with garden shears. The ducks, residents say, seemed unimpressed but pleased.
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Hardware Store Finally Copies the Key That Opens Nothing, Just in Case
The mystery key has hung by the register since 1962. Now there are two.
This Morning’s Fog Was the Good Kind, Residents Agree
Thick enough to be atmospheric, thin enough to find the bakery. Critics are calling it the fog of the season.
The Town Quilt Now Depicts Every Resident. The Committee Would Like to Discuss Your Square.
Forty years in the making, the Quilt of Record gains its 1,214th and final panel — for now.
Library Cat Wins Re-election in Landslide; Opponent Was a Decorative Owl
Chairman Meow secures a fourth term with 97 percent of the vote. The owl’s campaign never recovered from being inanimate.
The Bakery’s Sourdough Starter Turns 100. It Has Outlived Four Ovens and One Feud.
“Bubbles,” as the starter is known, receives birthday cards from former residents as far away as Portugal.
Nobody Will Take the Zucchini, and Frankly, It’s Getting Personal
August’s surplus has residents leaving squash on porches, in mailboxes and, in one case, a baby stroller.