As dump trucks hauled black coal from the site of a fatal train derailment on Main Street, Mr. Bubbles and Charlene Townsend, owner of Maxine's Antiques, added a pop of color to the landscape.
Townsend pulled him in for a kiss.
"He's a celebrity dog."
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