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Ask a room of seven-year-olds what a story is and the answers arrive fast. "Something that happens." "Something you read at bedtime." "Something made up." They are all right, and none of them is the whole answer. Ask a room of adults and you tend to get a pause. We spend our whole lives swimming in stories, yet few of us stop to ask what they actually are. It seems the right place to begin, because Our Town Our Story rests on one simple belief: everyone has one. So, what is a

What a day. Town Day has come and gone, and I am still buzzing from it. When we set out to launch Our Town Our Story at Town Day, we hoped people would stop by, say hello, and maybe share a story or two. What we got was so much more than that, and I want to take a moment to say thank you, properly, to everyone who made it happen. Thank you to every individual who stopped at our stand, told us a memory of this town, or simply took the time to ask what we were about. This proje