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Coe Avenue Drug and Alcohol Group Home In The Works?

I ran into Billy Buckets this morning over by Our Oasis. For those who don't know Billy Buckets, he's our resident bum. Billy patrols the south end of town in the area of Hemingway and Coe Avenue, riding an old bicycle with a plastic milk bucket attached, carrying his life's possessions with him as he goes. Billy was visibly excited today. I thought he might have been tripping on some acid but he told me a residential property on Coe Ave is about to be purchased by some outfit and set up as a group home for alcoholics and drug addicts. Billy was happy that he won't have to sleep in dumpsters come next winter. He'll have a place to hang out, eat, drink and sleep. No more dropping deuces behind trees on the town green. I asked Billy what he thought of the fact that nearby property values will be shot to shit when this type of operation moves into a neighborhood. Billy reflected for a moment and then he said "Well, them folks can always move to Foxon". 

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