Oh, Max ... for this ex-newshound it was a flash from the past!
On a semi-related note : there *are stories that repeat. Among the annual stories we had in the '70s and 80s were:

"Police station sinking" -(built on the edge of a salt water marsh, it still is!)

"Beach parking in crisis" (yep! you guessed it!)

"Beach Precinct voters
clash on budget increase" (ditto)

"Selectmen consider Senior Center" (still!)