A little girl wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln urging him to grow "whiskers." Jan. 17, 2009— -- The town of Westfield, N.Y. remains, in some ways, as it was back in 1860. Rural and Republican.
As his last summer-break adventure, 12-year-old Max Maybee visited the Detroit Public Library for the first time — and learned some lessons that will help him as he starts the seventh grade this week.