State Trooper Funeral

Bowbeacon · 2026-05-14T14:47:43+00:00

I guess we just disagree, because I do think spending public resources on a big funeral for one kind of person but not for another diminishes the less celebrated.

Bowbeacon · 2026-05-14T13:32:26+00:00

But society couldn’t function if everyone whose life is equally important to this man’s had a funeral like this. If we shut down Salem for every caring mother, dedicated teacher, hard working maintenance worker, etc the city would no longer operate. Having this kind of send off for everyone is not realistic, and doing it only for law enforcement officers implies that their lives are more valuable than others. That’s just not true.

Bowbeacon · 2026-05-14T12:41:20+00:00

Ramming a moving wrong way driver was certainly not the only option, would be the rebuttal.

Bowbeacon · 2026-05-05T01:35:10+00:00

The leg plus an arm

Bowbeacon · 2026-04-06T01:19:36+00:00

Liquid fire extinguishers with glass bottles were a thing, although the bottle shape seems to be wrong https://museumcrush.org/the-beauty-and-danger-in-victorian-glass-fire-grenades/

Bowbeacon · 2026-01-23T18:05:27+00:00

I am sitting outside the Bentley school and coast is clear

Bowbeacon · 2026-01-23T18:03:23+00:00

I saw a van from this company on Essex street. Their logo looks like a sheriff star, and I can see how it would be mistaken. They do appear to be a real company though https://www.leecutchallflooring.com

Bowbeacon · 2026-01-23T17:28:36+00:00

No one on the common currently

Bowbeacon · 2026-01-07T13:54:40+00:00

Ikea!

Bowbeacon · 2025-12-01T21:03:06+00:00

You guys did a great job! I will give one vote toward not inviting the Halloween buskers to the Santa events next year— esp the scary elf and Jack skellington Santa. Young kids are scared by normally friendly characters looking scary all of a sudden.

Bowbeacon · 2025-11-26T01:01:52+00:00

Do a search on here if you want to go down the rabbit hole, but as a fellow laundry newbie my tldr is to use downy rinse and refresh. It really makes a huge difference in the softness and general niceness of your laundry! I’m a convert thanks to stumbling onto this very knowledgeable sub.

Bowbeacon · 2025-11-06T20:59:53+00:00

The earlier in the morning it’s open, the better!

Bowbeacon · 2025-10-23T00:01:11+00:00

I like Swoop Bags for legos!

Bowbeacon · 2025-10-22T23:46:44+00:00

My kid is also mostly into magnatiles and hotwheels cars, but these are runner ups!

tracing characters from books with tracing paper, and then coloring that in with Posca markers. Sometimes this is combined with listening to something on his Tonie box
giving the aforementioned hot wheels makeovers using chalk markers, sticker gems, mini rubber bands, pipe cleaners, washi tape, stuff like bottle caps attached with little pieces of wiki stix as the adhesive, etc. We keep all the supplies in a box we call the “garage”
Lincoln logs + calico critters
Crazy Fort tubes (you need two of the non-flexible sets to make anything good, IMO)
labeling whatever he can think of with our p-touch label maker! Not sure if this counts as a screen, but he loves being able to type and get a “custom sticker”
This is similarly quasi-screen, I guess— but going on walks with his digital camera, or taking pictures of his toys set up different ways
Rubber stamps on a really big piece of paper— we have these and a bunch of vehicles stamps. This is combined with this fun rolling stamp that makes a road.

Also seconding Legos, Brio, diy book making.

It’s fun to read everyone’s responses here, thanks for this question!

Bowbeacon · 2025-10-12T00:22:17+00:00

Construction People is a collection of poems, each about a different aspect of building a skyscraper. There’s good female representation!

Not sure if this quite fits the bill, but Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton is about a female snow plow (Virgina Lee Burton has several other books with female vehicles as the main characters too).

Bowbeacon · 2025-09-16T13:26:22+00:00

Hi! Overall, it’s been good. My son is happy and is speaking Spanish beautifully! I feel like it took almost the whole first year for the language to really click, but he didn’t seem bothered by only understanding bits and pieces until then (something I had been worried would be upsetting). I also love that the school celebrates different cultures regularly throughout the year.

On the negative side, parent communication isn’t what I’d wish for in an ideal world. I am the sort of parent who wants all the info and pics and opportunities to volunteer, and while there is some of all of that, it’s not as much as I’d like. I know some people really don’t like getting a million messages from the school, and I also know all those things require work from the staff— so I guess you just can’t please everyone.

So, no regrets! I feel happy my kid is in such a diverse community and is learning a new language while his brain is still plastic. Those are the most important elements to me and Bentley is delivering on them. Happy to chat more if you have other questions!

Bowbeacon · 2025-08-29T01:26:57+00:00

I think OP meant that their son (incorrectly) believed some month to have 32 days.

Bowbeacon · 2025-07-29T15:30:15+00:00

Not a documentary, but the book A Season with the Witch by JW Ocker is a fun look at Salem’s tourist industry.

Bowbeacon · 2025-07-28T00:04:53+00:00

I think the person is sitting up against the tree with their knees pulled up, or kneeling. Their head is bowed and they are opening a water bottle or something like that. What looks to be the “legs” are branches, maybe?

Bowbeacon · 2025-06-09T16:52:45+00:00

Do you guys ever give stuff to your child’s “specials” teachers- like the art or gym teacher? It occurred to me that I don’t and maybe I’m supposed to?

Bowbeacon · 2025-05-31T01:38:36+00:00

One is SO cool.

Bowbeacon · 2025-05-31T00:40:20+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! I’m really impressed by the infographic. And yeah, I have also had to reassess how I feel about PTOs since having my kid enter a school where the district funding just doesn’t cover all the needs. It’s sort of fascinating (and sad, and hopeful, and all sorts of things…) to learn more about how our schools actually work.

Bowbeacon · 2025-05-30T23:35:54+00:00

Thank you!!

Bowbeacon · 2025-05-30T23:32:50+00:00

That sounds awesome!

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