For 10 years, part of Brian Schmitz's job at Anchorage's Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility was "de-ragging" equipment. That is, manually removing masses of fouled wipes flushed down people's ...
It's been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It's no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it wafts from street carts.