Date: Fri 01-Aug-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: STEVEB

Quick Words:

signs-roads-Rooster

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Newtown's Curious Sign Language

Don't let the sign fool you. Main Street has not been moved.

But the sign at the intersection of Main and Sugar streets (above right) has

somehow been turned around, making it look as if the flagpole is now on Sugar

Street.

There's also a sign at the intersection of South Main Street and Mile Hill

Road that has been turned upside down for months. The sign used to tell

drivers to stay in the left lane when going straight. Now, it tells them to

get in the right lane and turn around and head in the opposite direction.

Other signs in Newtown have simply been knocked down, like the one at the

intersection of Borough Lane and South Main Street. That sign, which has since

been put back up, fell victim to the sewer work near Amaral Motors earlier

this summer.

A few residents on The Boulevard took it upon themselves to erect a sign

urging speeding drivers to slow down. A sign was also recently put up on 100

Acres Road reminding motorists that the speed limit is 25 miles per hour, not

55 as some might have thought.

There are several signs in Newtown warning people to "Beware of the Dog." But

The Newtown Bee is aware of only one sign, the one on Walnut Tree Hill Road,

that alerts them to "Beware of the Rooster."