My favorite local news quote of the day, from the Wellesley Townsman:

"Leading up to the vote, two camps have emerged - one in favor and one opposed to the project."

The context of the project isn't important here. It's the idea that, on a ballot question, you'd have two camps emerge that aren't on opposite sides of the question. Though it would be refreshing to see something like "Leading up to the vote, two camps emerged - one in favor and one really, really in favor of the project."

(For informational purposes, the project involved improvements to the Wellesley Middle School that would require about $38 million that would come from property taxes and state reimbursement accounts)

Local news can sometimes be breathtaking in its use of the language. The phrase "a good time was had by all" took on a life of its own after my local paper, the Manchester Cricket, used it frequently to describe civic events where it was unlikely that the reporter had the chance to interview every single person to make sure they had a good time. There was also the "floats were missing" subhead to an article on a Fourth of July parade some years back. They'd meant to convey a lack of floats, but it sounded more like they disappeared in the haze.

Which, quite honestly, would have resulted in a good time had by me.