The past two planned weeks of fully paving Beacon’s mile-long Main Street overall went very well it seems, with the exception of the hitting of the Dummy Light, of which “the driver felt so badly…he is one of our best,” Beacon’s City Administrator Chris White told ALBB last week at the abortion rights rally. A handful of people enjoyed driving down the middle of the milled road, meandering down Main Street without parked cars or much oncoming traffic. Some store owners noted that they suffered a bit in sales as car traffic and parking was down.

Today (Thursday), the double yellow stripes are painted, as are several street parking spots and the “Abbey Road” style crosswalks. The City Administrator Chris could be seen marching up and down Main Street in his crisp office shirt as workers sprayed the pavement with markings before the paint went down.

Sunny springtime Wednesday traffic is back in action, with cars parked on both sides of the roads and both lanes of traffic narrowly gliding by each other, with skateboarders popping out from between parked cars, and shoppers hurrying to open and close their vehicles. A regular day in Beacon again.