A retired medical practice manager from San Francisco, Evelyn owns the Morrison Building, where Laura rents her apartment. She knits, hosts the Crafters Club and shares her home with two Burmese cats.

Marcela runs the town clerk’s office with a color-coding system all her own. At the Crafters Club, she’s usually bent over a cross-stitch or an adult coloring book.

An Arizona transplant who works at Twilight Pines State Park, Fran is the club’s birder and embroiderer.

A former carpenter who still volunteers with the Woodworkers, Christopher edits The Whittled Word and loves testing his latest riddles on his friends.

A retired New York editor, Judith sets the whodunit crossword for the Maplewood Memo. She has a sweet tooth and a long-running, good-natured squabble with Martha.

Evelyn’s friend and the Historical Society’s vice president, Martha speed-walks everywhere she goes and is devoted to her husband, Lawrence.

Yanni came to Silver Springs from Melbourne, Australia, and runs the Wanderer Pantry, known all over town for its homestyle comfort food.

Laura’s coworker at the General Store café, Jasmine came to Silver Springs from Philadelphia with a degree in food science and literature. On her days off, she’s out hiking or hunting for geocaches.

Oscar is dark brown, Monty is bluish-gray with amber eyes, and the two brothers share Evelyn’s home. Find them on mugs, tea towels and more in the Oscar & Monty collection.

Maggie inherited the General Store from her family and brought it back to life. When she’s worried, she bakes, usually late at night.

Maggie’s wife and a former architect from Ithaca, New York, Kathy handles the repairs, renovations and supply runs that keep a 140-year-old building standing.

The General Store’s culinary-school-trained chef, Anton brought his Brooklyn accent and his love of heavy metal with him from New York City.

Eli remembers everyone’s order, creates his own coffee blends and tends a collection of succulents he swears respond to his dad jokes.

An art-school graduate from Rhode Island, Jesse draws the General Store’s chalkboards. They tease Laura like a sibling and look out for her like one too.

Ben works at his father’s hardware store and takes on odd jobs all over town.

Originally from Montreal, Izzy works at Goldenleaf Apple Farm, builds sets for the Silver Springs Players and lives in a vintage trailer. He’s the town’s unofficial one-man welcoming committee.

Layla owns the Red Trillium Bakery, one of the town’s favorite stops for something warm from the oven.

Nell owns the Village Skein, the yarn shop every crafter in Silver Springs knows by heart.

Katie works the counter at the Village Skein, helping knitters and crocheters find just the right yarn.

Gentle and knowledgeable, Joyce is the library’s adult circulation librarian and the person to ask about the town’s history.

A café regular and fellow crocheter, Romy lends her needle to the Silver Springs Players’ costumes.

A former school librarian, Gran brought Laura to Silver Springs every summer when she was a girl. Her postcards from town kept the place close long after Laura grew up.

Bridget isn’t sure her daughter’s move to a small Vermont town is a good idea, and she isn’t shy about saying so.

Danny is a cultural program director in New York and a single dad, and he’s never more than a text away.

Connor works in cybersecurity and lives in California with his family.

A former ice hockey captain from Burlington, Detective Sergeant Ramirez is the town’s detective. At home, she’s a wife and the mom of a teenage daughter.