Stupid News:Town sells bridge for $1

EGELSTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan - An anonymous buyer has purchased a western Michigan pedestrian bridge for $1. The buyer said the bridge is headed to a private residence in Alma, about 80 miles east of Muskegon. The buyer plans to use the bridge to provide access to an island in a private pond....More

Boston newspaper cane goes to oldest town resident

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- A western Massachusetts woman who helped revive the tradition of giving a cane from The Boston Post newspaper to her town's oldest resident has become its latest recipient---...More

CARLSBAD, New Mexico -Town Getting Swallowed by Sinkhole

CARLSBAD, New Mexico - The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren’t right in Carlsbad. “US 285 south subject to sinkhole 1,000 feet ahead,” motorists are warned. But there is little other evidence that in southeastern New Mexico’s oil country, a giant cavern sits beneath the earth, ready to swallow part of the highway and possibly a church, several businesses and a trailer park. The cavern was formed over three decades as oil field service companies pumped fresh water into a salt layer more than 400 feet below the surface and extracted several million barrels of brine to help with drilling.....More

Federal Government Funds New $21 Million Airport for Town With 46 Residents

Alaska - An interior Alaska community with just 46 residents is in line for a new $21 million airport.
The state received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build the airport at Takotna 17 miles west of McGrath and 300 miles west of Fairbanks.

NJ town can't seem to decide what to call itself

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – Would a New Jersey town by any other name smell as sweet?

West Paterson voters narrowly passed a referendum last November to change the Passaic County town's name to Woodland Park this year. But some supporters of the change claim borough officials are secretly supporting a grass-roots campaign for another referendum that could change the name back to West Paterson.

Among the reasons cited by Woodland Park supporters is that many signs haven't been updated with the new name of the small community just west of New York City. They claim that's an endorsement by town officials of the Save West Paterson group.

Councilman Keith Kazmark says borough officials decided to gradually implement the name change to save money.

At least three other times residents rejected new names, including Garret Mountain in 2001.