Follow-up: What to drop in Linglestown?

Here are the suggestions received so far on what object to drop in Linglestown if a New Year’s Eve celebration would be held next Dec. 31 – origin of idea shown in parentheses:

marshmallow (easy and fun)
hot wings (famous offering at The Eagle; idea received two votes)
blackberry (name of an alley)
golf ball (area has many golf courses)
coffee bean (St. Thomas Roasters)
something blue (Blues streets)
homemade flying machine (George and Christ Pletz, who are buried at cemetery at St. Thomas United Church of Christ, attempted to fly a homemade flying machine in 1828)

Please post a comment if you think of an idea to toss into the hat, or vote for one of the ideas mentioned above.

CD High School in the news …

The CD mascot caper of 2007 is the focus of a Patriot-News story on whether school pranksters deserve to be punished; CD wrestlers win another tournament.

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