Originally I am from Santa Cruz, California.  We moved to Gray, Maine in June of 1997.  My eBay user id is a play on the historical name of our town.  When our town was first charted, it was with the name “New Boston” in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay in August, 1777. 

As I have been told the story; During an Indian uprising a few years later, our town was burned to the ground.  During the rebuilding process, the town ran out of money and was unable to afford windows for the town hall or the church.  A gentleman from Boston heard the plight of our town and purchased windows and had them delivered.  In order to thank him, the town fathers renamed the town with the name of their benefactor, Gray.

Like several other businesses in our town, I have adopted the original name of the town for my business, and my eBay user id.  ** New BostonMaine **

Thanks for your interest.  I’ll bet you didn’t think you’d get a history lesson!