The Hangout

Shooting the breeze at the Dexter Bakery

by Carol Dworkin

posted 1/26/2010

Dexter's population grew more than 40 percent in the past decade, but at least one village tradition shows no sign of fading: hanging out in the morning at the Dexter Bakery.

Parents still stop at the long glass counter to let their children pick a doughnut on the way to school. On the other side of the high-ceilinged room, conversation and laughter fill the air around three long wooden tables.

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