The most memorable quotes in the Times Free Press for May 5-10.
“It’s an icon for the community that’s drawn a lot of families close. It was your perfect small-town country school.”
— Darwin Lane, 79, on the pending closure of tiny Birchwood Elementary School, where he attended in the 1940s and 1950s and met his future wife
“Zero is good; lower is better.”
— Hamilton County Commissioner Fred Skillern, on what he prefers to see concerning proposed budget changes compared to the previous year
“I knew that stuff would be coming through the tunnel.”
— Red Bank Mayor John Roberts, saying he knew that his city eventually would benefit from the North Shore’s turnaround