Archive for May, 2006

Goodbye, My Coney Island Burger

Friday, May 5th, 2006

You can make your own Coney burgers at home, if you’re willing to put beef in the blender and puree it “until it is the consistency of cement mortar.”

But Then a Strange Fear Gripped Me and I Just Couldn’t Ask

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

A letter in today’s News provides a gripping account of the writer’s inability to speak against a new township development at the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. “I was given two chances to speak but something beyond my control kept me glued to my seat.” If only they applied seat glue before City Council public comment.

The Semiannual “Students Are {Back, Gone}” Feature

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Yay, the students are gone, along with the extra 1.5 percent of the city’s garbage they generate and the 1/6 of the downtown lot and structure parking they’re apparently responsible for. “And the city turns back a bit to being a small town.”