Our little Windsor County town of Springfield, Vt. - population 9,000 - has just won the right to host the premiere of "The Simpsons" movie.
For about two years I worked out of the Rutland Herald's Southern Vermont Bureau office in downtown Springfield. Never once did I imagine that the quirky streets of that town would muster up the energy to attract the attention of "The Simpsons" enterprise.
Gov. James Douglas, who noted today in a Herald story that he has only seen the show a few times, quipped in a statement this afternoon that the 13 other Springfields that lost out, shouldn't "have a cow, man!"
Congratulations Springfield! Congratulations Vermont!
-Dan Barlow
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