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In western Maine, waiting to do the 'lights on' dance ...
Byline: Leslie Bridgers
Aug. 31--PARSONSFIELD -- There's a running joke about power outages in Bethany Dastoli's neighborhood. "The first person who gets the lights on gets to do the dance," Dastoli said Tuesday. This time, it was her turn. About 9 p.m. Sunday, near the end of Tropical Storm Irene, she flicked every switch in her house next to the East Parsonsfield post office and danced in front of the windows for her neighbors to see. Since then, she has had a steady stream of visitors using her coffee pot, her showers and her washing machine. Dastoli even plugged in a pina colada maker for an impromptu party Monday night. "That's just what neighbors do," she …
