Wednesday, April 15, 2:09 PM. A quiet time downtown with plenty of parking spots to choose.
Wednesday, April 15, 7:03 PM. Back downtown again for a dinner with friends at Pepperland. I parked in front of McIntire McCooey Funeral Home so I could have a little walk before and after dinner. Good thing too, because I had some of Pepperland’s fabulous parsnip cake for dessert.
Sunday, April 19, 11:40 AM. Downtown was pretty busy but there were parking spaces to be found. I noticed quite a few New Hampshire cars so decided to take a little license plate survey. I counted all the cars on both sides of the street from in front of Civil Consultants to Sobo Books on the west side and from the Jewett house to the Post Office entrance on the east. This is what I found:
Total number of cars parked: 28
Maine license plates: 9
NH license plates: 17
Other: 1 Vermont; 1 Massachusetts
Stores open in immediate downtown vicinity: Pepperlands Cafe, Nature’s Way Market, Little Hat Company, Sobo Books, Asia Cafe.
I loved seeing those NH cars coming to Maine and dropping their money in Maine businesses that employ local residents, paying Maine sales and meals taxes, and adding to our local economy.
