Bobbi Swiderek grew up in a big family in an ornate Waldoboro Victorian, then lived for a decade in the Chicago area, and for a year in Kansas before returning to Waldoboro. A divorced schoolteacher, she has moved into an early 19th century Main Street cape, meticulously well kept, from a Depot Street house on the outskirts of town. She likes the sociability of being in town, the sense of belonging to a busy village. She grew up in walking distance of the village. I find comfort with houses being in sight.
People walk down to the theater on a summer night.
She likes an old house, one with the warmth of history. These walls don't have stories to tell. But not in a town. She believes children do better with neighbors, too, and if they live in town, parents aren't forever driving them places. When Ann and Paul Kennedy arrived in Waldoboro with their three young children, they liked being able to walk down the block to story hour at the library.