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After his son’s death, this Biddeford man turned to music to soothe his grief
BIDDEFORD, Maine — All things thought of, it is been a good 12 months for Jim Baumer. The artist wrote a few dozen songs, place out his to start with EP and networked his way to 45 gigs at pubs and other levels throughout New England. But it was not that long ago that Baumer, a writer, didn’t play songs at all. Though he’d constantly desired to, it wasn’t until eventually his son’s demise that he started to dedicate time to it. Mark Baumer was a writer and local climate activist who died in January 2017 at age 33. He was struck by a automobile and killed in Florida while strolling across…