Wells?
SoPo?
Bangah?
I don’t get around enough anymore!
Friend grew up in Ogunquit and told me if one dropped his wallet in the town confines, one kicked the wallet over the town line before picking it up.
To pronounce it otherwise marks one as a native of Massholia, a state somewhat to the south. Ted Kennedy was famous for saying "Bang-ah? I haadly noo'ah."
BTW, if your friend grew up in Ogunquit, he needs your sympathy, but don't turn your back.