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New traffic signal boosts Village safety

One of the adjustments to this new life is realizing I live in a small town. It is getting bigger, and perhaps more importantly, feeling bigger in terms of the amenities and retailers that have come to town. Despite all of that, there are days where it is impossible to escape the smallness.

A week ago-Friday was one of those days. There, big as life in the local paper on December 23rd sat a local story about the newest stop-light in town. Front-page, above-the-fold.

My wife accuses me of being cruel as I have referred to this incessantly in the week since. I had a grand old time with it with her relatives, former long-time residents themselves. I just can't help myself.

It feeds into every bad stereotype about Small Town, USA that there is.