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New Albany is a state of mind … but whose? Since 2004, we’ve been observing the contemporary scene in this slowly awakening old river town. If it’s true that a pre-digital stopped clock is right twice a day, when will New Albany learn to tell time?

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Caption contest: What Otis said.

We've heard about CM Price's recent bout of Mayberry-envy, which included a reference to today's police being too harsh on thos...

Well, it's not as bad as the last time we heard from a downtown antique dealer.

The letter below appeared in LEO last week. I missed it then, but the comments came up again in a conversation with Cary Stemle earlier in ...

Praise the Lord and pass on the left.

Classic letter to the editor in today's LEO. Hoosier Driver? I have an observation I would like to share with your readers — or maybe a ...

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

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Flip flops and open-air footwear, how we get from here to nowhere.

City council recap, by Grace Schneider in the Courier-Journal : … At its first reading, the panel voted 5-4 against an ordinance to back an ...

Monday, July 06, 2009

City council postscript for July 6, 2009.

A-09-09 ($ from EDIT to the police department) defeated 5-4.

The first reading of A-09-09, an additional appropriation from EDIT to the police department to hire new officers, was defeated 5-4. Previou...

Live blogging (4): Mayor's bravura performance ends, so it's on to business, and police funding.

Gahan begins by publicly debating whether or not to pull the resolution. Says he will introduce his request alongside the mayor's (garba...

Live sewage and stormwater blogging, version 3.0: Council members, city officials and the mayor weigh in.

Jeff Gahan thanks the residents for coming in tonight, and shows a few photos to accent his point. He seems to be trying to use the resoluti...

Live blogging continues (2), as sewage yet again bubbles to the service in the 5th and 6th districts.

PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS TIME, continued. The sewage/drainage issue in the 5th and 6th districts has appeared out of nowhere in light of the he...

Live blogging at the city council meeting, for no plausible reason at all.

Full house tonight for three fairly big things: EDIT funds for police, Kemper foods (2 & 3) and something new, a resolution sponsored by...

Comparing police staffing levels.

Due to the Fraternal Order of Police's current request for $1 million in EDIT revenue to temporarily fund an additional 10 officers and ...

Develop New Albany's "First Tuesday" at Precision Compounding Pharmacy, July 7.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Appetizers now available Wed. - Sat. at the River City Winery.

Gourmet pizza is coming soon, but not quite yet. There's a short appetizer menu (crab cakes, cheese plate, shrimp, Caesar salad) being s...

Politics: Wiseheart is Republican, will ditch school board, challenge Sipes, emulate Sarah Palin.

The Tribune's web site makes no mention of a staffer for an article that's primarily a press release, anyway. Wiseheart throws name...

Saturday, July 04, 2009

ATC hearings: Steinert's to Redmen Club, Redmen to former B & B, and Wick's not yet on the docket.

Wondering when Wick’s Pizza will be coming to the former home of the Speakeasy? Me, too. Taking a glance at the schedule for the next two lo...

Did you know that a drummer named Steve Price once played for Pablo Cruise?

Last night a councilman named Steve Price (no relation to Pablo Cruise's thumper) was among the opening acts for Ambrosia, which headlin...

Friday, July 03, 2009

Albany would resent the comparison if Joel came from Tibet.

Reader corrects Baylor’s history mistakes (scroll down) Yes, I know all that, but Miss Caudill, the joke's way funnier if the Scribners...

Yawn, but God bless you, each and every one.

Earlier this spring, I was struck by the words of a member of the band Gomez. He was referring to the frequent question as to why, more than...

Thursday, July 02, 2009

I am not a Republican.

I'd like to publicly deny that I'm a Republican. Just thought I'd say that out loud. It's not really coming out of a closet,...

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