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By Thomas Avery Community Stories Columnist Nail It Right Publishing Every community has at least one person who shows up before anyone asks. In our town, that person is Margaret Hill. Margaret doesn’t hold an official position. She’s not on a committee. She doesn’t wear a name badge or carry a clipboard. But if something needs doing, she’s already halfway through it. I first noticed her years ago at the community center. A group of kids were running around after school, leav

By Thomas Avery Community Stories Correspondent — Nail It Right Publishing Eleanor had lived in her little blue house for nearly forty years. Every corner held a memory — her children’s height marks on the pantry door, the dent in the hallway from moving her late husband’s favorite chair, the sunlit kitchen where she baked every holiday. But lately, the house felt different. The steps seemed steeper. The hallway felt narrower. The bathroom felt less safe. And the kitchen coun