It was an unlikely time for it to appear. That early in the day, I was caught off guard. Sugar was sprinkled on the top and the sunlight peering into the room made it sparkle. Just as breakfast was ...

Growing up in Bolton in the early 2000s, the Townsend kids had the coolest mom on the block — er, slope. Debra Townsend was known for hosting up to 30 of their friends at a time in the family’s large, ...