Weekends and Partytime
The magic tree has sprouted new fruits again. This time it is even more unusal. To me it is a reminder that summer is here, the long weekend is coming up, and it’s party time. Perhaps this is also a good time to suggest that there are two sides to that story.
Weekends are getting busier [...]
Septic Skeptic
Home septic systems are always a concern in our town. Clearly, everyone needs to get rid of their sewage, but nowadays there are different systems for doing that. At the recent meeting of Coalmont residents with the regional director, Brad Hope, there were some interesting questions raised, and some even more interesting answers.
Regarding this subject, [...]
Community
The most important thing about any community is the people. Several people have passed away this last year and we are reminded of the fragility, as well as the value, of life.
Ruby and Jim English moved here in 1972 and Coalmont is just not going to be the same without Ruby. Her full obituary is [...]
SPAM
The site has been bombarded by spam for quite a while. Usually a few hundred per day, but occasionally over a thousand. The only way to combat this for now is to turn off comments. Hopefully a better solution can be found in the future.
Because of such a large amount of postings, it has [...]
FIRST EDITION HOT OFF THE PRESS & WWW TOO
The original Coalmont Courier was published as an eight page broadsheet in 1912 but only ran for about six months. Its getting to be almost 100 years since then and Coalmont has gone through many changes. Times have been good and times have been bad. Coalmont was on the brink of extinction for so [...]
Defining Coalmont
I just finished writing the Town Info page for this blog. Since I came to this town, I’ve been hearing a lot about what it means to be a Coalmontian. It’s amazing how many people have something to say in that vein. That really made me wonder where that is coming from. Well, after [...]
