Lately, however, sporting events against Middletown High School of nearby Middletown have become more heated and a small rivalry has started to form.
He's particularly proud of the all-metal filling station - "the oldest in Illinois" - that he moved from nearby Middletown, for, as he will tell you, $1,428.
As North's business grew, he moved it from Berlin to nearby Middletown.
In 1827, the canal connected Cincinnati to nearby Middletown; by 1840, it had reached Toledo.
It is now before the Superior Court in nearby Middletown; a decision is expected by late summer.
The strike and the jailings - the first mass incarceration of teachers in the nation since 1978 - drove a deep wedge into nearby Middletown.
The accusations come from Sara Whalen, executive director of Pets Alive, an animal sanctuary in nearby Middletown, who wanted to buy the property.
Blue Ball was annexed by nearby Middletown in 1993.
Another campus is found in nearby Middletown and has about 2,700 students.
The turnpike was opened in 1810 and dissolved in 1872 following the establishment of the nearby Middletown and Crawford Railroad one year earlier.