nk some folks are
asked gently.
n’t like change,
e town stuck in
ith what might
stomp.
egan, “Fred Moree
things when I
board.”
tion at the menho
was the go-to
t anything in the
” he asked.
Don’t assume
ing you just behange.
People in
nkers and doers, as
em their opinion.
inion.”
read it tonight,” he said, happy to
receive any advice that came by way
of Fred Morris—and wanting to do
as well for the town as he had for
his family’s farm.
“And the last thing he taught me
is that the key to success in town
government boils down to one
word.” She was trying to be as sagely
mysterious as Fred had been, but
she still used a lot more words to
get there.
“Wifi?” Mason asked, smiling.
“Nope,” she said. “It’s and.”
“And?”
“Yes, Mason,” she smiled… “And.”
ted to, Mason
ith that.
to get the shops to
s, Fred and Marty
ound to all the
d listen to what the
ally wanted. We
about wifi. We can
said.
the other two
.
read this. Repeatanding
him a copy
stitution.
mit he’d never read
llege had been fotives
to antibiotics,
t, and bookkeeped
the slim pams.
“Okay, I’ll
Erica Walch
is originally from Springfield,
Massachusetts and moved to
Newfane in 2017. She lives on an
18th-century farm, which she is
bringing back into production.
She also works as the librarian at
Moore Free Library in Newfane.
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