Old Towne Orange — with its neat row of vintage shops and Victorian houses built around a grand town square and landmark fountain — looks so Americana that Hollywood studios have flocked there for generations to use as backdrops for small-town America.
It was the stand-in for a Midwestern town in Tom Hanks’ “That Thing You Do” and for a southern burg in “Big Mama’s House,” among many others.
But increasingly, the peace — and safety of its landmark fountain — has come under threat from a far more modern culprit…