From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Tasting My Own Medicine

May. 29, 2008

I recently blogged about the benefits of communities merging, so in a similar light I am merging my two blogs. More on that later.
First, it is worth noting that Newburyport’s 17,000 population live on 8.4 square miles of land, compared to Boca Raton, Florida’s 86,000 residents on 27.2 square miles.
This is a useful comparison, considering [...]

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From the Web to Florida

May. 29, 2008

Four months ago, I began the Newburyport Report, a blog of my reflections on living in the oceanside community of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Between that blog and this one, I’ve noticed an increase in frequency and length of my posts. My unemployed status is partially to blame but moreover I have developed an increased thirst for knowledge [...]

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Journalism is Not What it Seems

May. 29, 2008

This is too funny not to mention:
In today’s Newburyport Daily News, there is an editorial praising Salem State College becoming a university.
It is a misnomer to assume a Newburyport editor wrote it as the time stamp is 3:20 a.m.
The Salem News, owned by the same parent publishing house, ran the same editorial three hours [...]

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Police Energy

May. 28, 2008

Interesting data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on the real and nominal prices of gasoline. Click the image to see more detail, as well as data on the cyclical histories of gasoline and diesel.

During last night’s City Council meeting, Police Marshal Tom Howard said he does not foresee gas prices to increase beyond $4 [...]

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Headrests and Turkeys

May. 28, 2008

Next time you watch a movie where scenes occur in a moving car, take a look at the backseat headrests. I challenge you to spot them. As most big-budget movies these days involving car scenes are shot indoors in front of a green screen, the headrests are removed to allow for greater camera angles.
With the [...]

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OUI

May. 28, 2008

William White got off with a light sentence in 2003. If he committed vehicular homicide today, he’d serve a minimum five years in state prison. Fortunate for him, Melanie’s Law wasn’t around then.
The West Newbury teens issued summons for underage drinking last week don’t have it so easy if, say, after several red plastic cups’ [...]

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HST Forgets MVRTA; IT Needs Increase

May. 27, 2008

An agency of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Massachusetts Human Service Transportation Office website categorizes 351 communities into nine regions.
Note that Newburyport is considered part of the Cape Ann Transportation Authority, which only serves Gloucester, Essex, Ipswich, and Rockport.
The Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority is conspicuously absent from the HST provider [...]

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