Per City Code: “The selling and discharging of fireworks within the incorporated limits of Great Falls shall be July 2 through July 4 from 8 am to midnight. (Ord. 2965, 2007; Ord. 2664, 1994).”
Heh…just stumbled across this question on Yahoo! Answers: “Is Great Falls, Montana the most isolated metropolitan area in America outside Alaska and Hawaii?” Well…guess it depends on how you define “isolated” and “metropolitan.” I don’t think anyone here in Great Falls would consider our community a “metropolis” in any sense of the word, except when compared to, say, Geraldine or Cascade. But in terms of being a large community with all/most of the amenities associated with city living, OK,...
Alex did a story yesterday about the new “Man Cave” that recently opened in Great Falls, offering spa services for men…and it reminded me of something that Nate of Missoula posted recently at New Heathens about a “barbershop” in Stamford, Connecticut: Upon arriving in Connecticut in November, my buddy needed a haircut and was overjoyed when he found a barbershop in downtown Stamford called “Montana.” “I thought, ‘Yes! A real Montana barber shop,’” my friend said. “The kind where...
1. My plans for Great Falls if I won $100 million in a lottery. 2. Review of “Clark & Lewie’s” eatery in the O’Haire Motor Inn. 3. Celebrity Boxing (Great Falls edition)
Claire has an excellent post about Great Falls – and about Bigfork. I recall Greg expressed similar sentiments about the Flathead area a while back. I have only visited Bigfork once, three years ago, and I absolutely loved it…but as noted in Claire’s comments, I don’t have warm, fuzzy memories of Bigfork Past to compare them too. But back to Claire’s topic of Great Falls – I like this: Bless Paris Gibson for laying out greater Great Falls: if...
Found over at Electric City Weblog, and it’s pretty cool. Somebody named Karch Lockerby (high school student?) created this nifty “travelogue” about Great Falls – great for anyone who is homesick for our amazing town! It’s 3:55 minutes of high-speed fun covering a lot of the major streets and locations in Great Falls. Good job.
Remember the logo contest for downtown Great Falls? Now available for your viewing and voting pleasure are the following entries! Click here (or the image below) to visit the official site and cast your vote for your favorite. 1, 3, 5, 8, and 9 don’t make my cut, but I can’t choose yet from the rest. Your thoughts?
