“For coffee drinkers who need more than caffeine to get them going, Donald Crabtree thinks he’s hit on an eye-opening answer in this small town just north of Augusta. Crabtree plans to open a topless coffee shop in as soon as a month here, where the biggest excitement has usually been the town picnic during Vassalboro Days each September. In a long-vacant building that once housed Mac Daddy’s Pub at the Fat Cat Grille, Crabtree plans topless service between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 25 tables arranged on a checkerboard floor behind blacked-out windows and a cordon of security. But where Crabtree sees a unique niche in a tanking economy, many townspeople see a worrisome toehold that will beckon similar businesses and undesirable visitors.” [editor’s note: It gives a whole new meaning to “Which Way to East Vassalboro?” from the old Bert And I records of the 60s - SAT] (01/12/09)