She and her husband, Jim, recently moved from their antique village cape to a much larger house they built on the road to Friendship. Photo by Steve Cartwright Bobbi Swidirek seated on a wall beside her Main Street, Waldoboro home. She holds an open house on June 17, Waldoboro Day. She likes having neighbors nearby, hearing screen doors slam. I find comfort with houses being in sight.
People walk down to the theater on a summer night.
The new house has much more indoor space, a large lot and views to the Medomak River. By any standard it's a beautiful house faithfully designed to blend with neighboring 18th and 19th century houses. But the little old cape had charm and convenience. And something else. Houses are closer together.