What a beautiful day… for road rage

Just took a breather from my desk with a walk down High Street, up Church and back down around Union. Absolutely gorgeous out. Yet in the five minutes I was out I witnessed two acts of road rage and one angry cell phone driver.
The driver of a car speeding down Union Street was obviously none [...]

Tea anyone?

Mary Martin-Somers arranges the coffees
at the Colonial Tea House.
Well, I finally did it. I set foot into the Colonial Tea House on Church Street. It’s been about five years since the owners of the Clinton Cafe sold their business and the Colonial Tea House took its place. My reluctance to step into the Tea House [...]

Don’t shoot the messenger

Oh, if only we could take back some of the regrettable things we say. That’s exactly what Jomahco Designs owner Laura Devlin tried to do this week in a story that appeared in The Item. Devlin tried to undo damage done when she made comments to the Times & Courier last week about local charity [...]

Brazilians destoying downtown? Come on…

It’s no secret that it’s tough for a small business to make a go of it these days. It’s certainly not easy in Clinton’s High Street area, where parking problems are well known. But the latest business owner to pull out has some pretty nasty things to say about Clinton.
Jomahco Designs owner Laura Devlin laid [...]

Free iced coffee…

I’m not a coffee fan, but I am a “free” fan. Wednesday, I just may very well be a Dunkin’ Donuts fan. Wednesday, the region’s number one purveyor of all things sugary and “caffeiney” is giving away free iced coffee.
Yep, that’s right, to celebrate the first day of spring and to help “put winter on [...]

Don’t cry over steamed milk? Why not?

Steamed milk. I know it sounds like something you’d give to a baby who won’t go to sleep. Well, maybe that says something about myself, but I love the stuff. Throw in a shot of amaretto and it’s like chicken soup for the soul — except it’s milk … and it’s for the stomach. It’s [...]

Not in my neighborhood

One of the comments in a previous post I thought had some particularly good points, so I’d like to repost it here. Donna R. said:
I recently did extensive research on sex offender residency laws and found that states that have residency restrictions are are not working. In Iowa they have found that sex offenders are [...]