AP Wire | 03/08/2007 | After 20 years, Maryland city fixes sign
AP Wire | 03/08/2007 | After 20 years, Maryland city fixes sign
Quote: HAGERSTOWN, Md. – The city of Hagerstown corrected a municipal spelling error Thursday, 20 years after committing it. A sign directing drivers to “Municpal Stadium” was replaced with one displaying the proper spelling, Erik Kline, city traffic control supervisor, said.
The sign was first placed at the corner of Frederick Street and East Memorial Boulevard in the mid- to late 1908s, but the error went uncorrected until The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail brought it to City Hall’s attention this week, prompted by a reader’s complaint.
How ironic is it that an article about a 20+-year-old typo being fixed has a typo? “1908s”, eh?
d’oh!