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"Y'all thought you were so smart, dincha? 'Oh, we're Northfield, we got allll kinds of fancy lawyers. We can take over whoever we want...' Well did those lawyers bother proofreading the final document? Did all them PhD's think to check for someone doing a search and replace on Waterford/Northfield? Let me answer that for you: No. So who's annexing who now, huh? Yeah, didn't think so."

Thus spoke James (Fat Jimmy) Bergman at a press conference a short while ago after both parties signed what appears to be a binding legal document minutes after returning from an emergency in the hallway just outside chamber doors. Mr. Bergman had collapsed, suffering from what he said "...coulda been a mini heart attack or something." The ruckus outside the door occurred just a minute before the ceremonial signing wherein Northfield would officially annex Waterford Township.

After resuming, the participants were dismayed to discover that what they had signed contained all instances of Northfield and Waterford exchanged, changing "Northfield hereby annexes all of Waterford Township" to "Waterford Township hereby annexes all of Northfield forever and ever no takebacks."

Northfield's city legal team could not be reached for comment.

"Tractor's on the other acre now, isn't it?", said Bergman. "There's gonna be changes, oh yeah, there's gonna be some BIG changes around here. Speaking of which..." as he gestures towards city hall. "If I were you and I had any stuff in there that I valued, I'd go and get it. The wrecking ball will be here in 15 minutes."

"This press conference is over.", he said and walked off the podium.

We here at NorWaterford.org would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new uncultured overlords and to remind them that, as the digital hub of the city, we would be a valuable source of information as to which citizens may be troublemakers and where they might live.

Faced with the recent state cuts to LGA and the overwhelming number of repairs required, the city of Northfield has launched an innovative new program to engage citizens. Northfield's new "Adopt A Pothole" program is modeled on the successful "Adopt a Highway" program that's been around for about a decade.

April Sloof, Northfield's infrastructure head describes it this way: "We are excited to be able to present this opportunity to families in town. We think that Northfield's strong sense of civic pride will really result in widespread changes as people are looking for another opportunity to spend some 'quality time' with the family and spreading boiling tar on local roads will certainly provide the 'bonding' experience they're looking for."

"No pun intended", she added.

The city plans on implementing an online recognition program for those people who really go the extra mile. "We tossed around a bunch of ideas to highlight people who are 'giving back' in a big way. We considered 'Pothole Enthusiasts' or 'The Black Shoes', but finally we decided to go with 'Potheads'. We're adding a page to the city website with the banner "Northfield's Biggest Potheads" and a listing of all those who adopt more than one pothole. I think it's going to be a real badge of pride to be recognized by the city like this."

Update, 8:00pm: Added Penny Hilleman's post

A quick round-up of snow-centered posts from around Northfield - please let us know of any we missed and we'll add them...

• Penny Hilleman's Penelopedia produced Snow Day, with a nice mix of photography, video, and story.
• Chris Tassava's got two - Snow(drift) Day and I Heart Snow. (The image from the story is from one of Chris's posts - I didn't get a chance to ask his permission, but I figure he'll be by in a jiff to say it's OK.)
• KYMN Radio has an excellent round-up of Wednesday's Snow Day Alerts. They also have a nifty email alert system that you can sign up for that will deliver closing announcements right to your inbox.
• Don't forget about the BlizzardCam, streaming live video of the snow/cleanup from Bridge Square. (Full disclosure - that's located in my living room.)
• Locally Grown has a post also: Beautiful Blizzard Morning.
   

Stay warm and remember my piano teacher's advice: "Make sure you C# or you will B-flat"

If you didn't notice, changes have been afoot at KYMN 1080AM, Northfield's Friendly Neighbor radio station. Out goes the vanilla-bean syndicated content, in comes the locally-produced quality shows.

One of the newest ones is Tech Talk with Tim and Adam, courtesy of Tim Freeland and Adam Gurno. "Tech Talk" covers current technology topics geared toward beginner and intermediate computer users. The first show topic was "Laptop or Desktop, Mac or PC?" where the positives and negatives of both were discussed and this week's show (Friday at 11:00a) is about "Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, and More Ex-Girlfriends Than You Can Shake A Stick At." The show plays on KYMN 1080 at 11a on Fridays and again Sunday at 5:30p. It's also available as a podcast (click here for the podcast feed or click here to view it in iTunes)