If you turn north from Main Street just west of Bunker Hills Park, at the stoplight between the Animal Humane Society and the new railroad overpass, you’ll find yourself in a quiet residential neighborhood.
On a summer weekend afternoon, there will be children playing in yards and adults mowing grass.
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