We used to be the little town that could and now we're the little town that won't.

We're regulating ourselves out of the quiet enjoyment of our community. If we can't find a way to do it we don't have enough brain power in town anymore.

It's a shame. It's one thing people look forward to, spreading blankets out next to the same people each year in a neighborly manner and renewing friendships, asking how the dog's doing.

You must never go down to the end of the town if you don't go down with me.

Along with the rise in non-fuel import prices, this suggests the weaker dollar is taking competitive pressure off of businesses, giving them the extra pricing power they didn't have a couple of years ago.

Professor Stokes has a more cultured accent, and in many ways, he is the hardest one to do, because he is closest to my own voice.