Sunday, July 16, 2006

News from Nome

The latest edition of my favourite online local newspaper , the Nome Nugget, is particularly good.

There's a photo of the Fourth of July 25-feet dash for the over 80s.

There is an excellent letters column , with an intriguing view on a local reckless driving courtcase:

"I was surprised to see reported that Travis was allegedly traveling at a speed up to 25mph. Not once throughout the three days of the trial did I hear witnesses testify to seeing Travis traveling at that rate of speed."

And best of all for the outsider, a link to the Nome webcam.

In all seriousness, I don't know of a better online local newspaper anywhere. They have a lot of problems in their town, but most of the people really seem to care about their community.

1 comment:

Andy said...

The police report from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in Montana is rightly famed for its eclectic mix of small-town disturbances and occasional whimsical humour... I've often wished our local police had it so easy.
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/police_reports/
This week's edition actually has some crime in it, rather disturbingly, but it also has it's usual aort of stuff:
"A woman wanted to know her options in dealing with a painter doing an unsatisfactory job."

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