:: Estimated five-year city budget deficit awaiting Maribeth Cosgrove when she is sworn in as mayor on Monday: Over $650 million :: Portion of the city budget in ten years that will have to be paid for pension and benefits,…
Tag: Mabel Tripp Gardens
First Dirigible Conservatory to Land at Mabel Tripp Gardens
Commuters will witness a curious sight floating amid the Central Corridor’s skyscrapers tomorrow morning: a transparent dirigible filled with greenery will be seen making its northerly approach from its current week-long stop at New Heath’s Horticultural Center and Casino. The…
Friday Facts: Burning leaves, weeping sausage
:: The city is home to no less than seven junior and community colleges, one of which (Sparrow Valley Community College, on Cedar Ave and S.Sparrow Valley Dr.) boasts a Zagat-rated three-star cafeteria. :: The large outdoor clock above the…
DeedlesCon 2007
It’s once again time to grab your frying pan hats and potted mint plants; DeedlesCon is back in town! Celebrating its twentieth year of operation, DeedlesCon is a chance for memorabilia collectors and fans alike to come together and share…
Friday Facts: Mayors, Making Out, Meatloaf
:: Clarence ‘Big Stan’ Stanton is the only mayor to be recalled (1910) in the city’s history, though it is widely believed that Mordecai M. Miller resigned (1877) to avoid the same fate. His successor, M. Seymour Haley, faced recall…
Friday Facts: Green, BLT
:: The WUIH-TV Weathersphere atop the Beacon Financial Tower has four colors of neon tubing (soon to be relaced with LED): Red (weather alert), Green (calm), Purple (rain and wind), Blue (ice and snow) :: According to a poll of…
The Shrouded City
Television dramatist Stirling Silliphant famously wrote that “there are eight million stories in the naked city.†Local author Burton Becker is out to prove that our city has a few million stories of its own, even if they are a…
“Famous Trees In Our City”
With this Friday being Arbor Day, let us take a moment to examine some of this city’s famous foliage. Independence Elm (1781) During colonial times the city was just two muddy streets– a small collection of homes surrounding the church…
Friday Facts: Hugs and Kisses, Matilda
:: Between 1975 and 1988, city-wide legislation prohibited the use of the words “New York†or “Chicago-style†in describing foodstuffs. :: Our city was home to the next-to-last surviving Passenger Pigeon, Matilda. Matilda passed away August 22, 1914. :: Number…
Friday Facts: Eggs, Monodirevr, Stripper Parkas
:: This Saturday is the 34th annual Last Year’s Easter Egg Hunt at Whittinger’s Park. The Greek Gardening Consortium insists that they hid more than 12 eggs and that if the rest aren’t found there will be no 35th annual…