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Life in Hamilton changed on Oct. 13 when the tuxedo-clad mayor was diverted from a fund-raising event by news that the anthrax-tainted letter sent to NBC was postmarked Trenton. That was bad for the citizens of Hamilton: mail postmarked Trenton is actually processed in their hometown. It's a sore point that the mail is stamped with the name of the state capital, some 10 miles away. Gilmore spent the next few days passing on reassurances of public-health officials that the risk of exposure for Hamiltonians was "infinitesimal...
...real life, Mac is a family man who brags about his grown daughter's graduate studies in psychology and her upcoming wedding, unironically uses "doggone" as an expletive and still lives in his hometown, Chicago. But after decades in stand-up (he did monologues at church banquets as a kid), he found success when raunchy comic turned sitcom star Redd Foxx encouraged him to make his act more dangerous. "He said, 'Young man, you're funny,'" Mac recalls. "'But your problem is, you don't want to be funny. You want to be liked...
...even the kids who don't have their building back are bonding with their hometown in a deeper way. Conor Stratton, 14, Callison's brother, says, "The only place I'd be right now is New York City because that's where my friends and family are. I'm not going to give that up because of terror. That's what the terrorists want, and that's not what they're going...
...MacDonald who was first to offer a reading on this evening. A hometown favorite and founding member of the A.R.T., her introduction was interrupted by spontaneous applause. After receiving such a warm welcome, MacDonald took the stage to read “The Apple Tree” by Trevanian. The story, set in a Basque village in Western Europe, evokes fables told to children about provincial life, but distinguishes itself with a sharp sense of humor. A tale of rival widows battling over a mutually owned apple tree, it combines the authentic flavor of Basque culture with a tale...
Manned by captain Wayne Pommen, Eliot Hodges, Justin Bosley, Mike Skey, Matt Daggett, Mike Blomquist, Hugo Mallinson, Artour Samsonov and coxswain Jim Omartian, the heavyweight boat did not disappoint the hometown fans, finishing third overall and first among collegiate teams...