Beat the drum and blow the fife! The British are coming, the British are coming! Sails have been sighted in the Sheepscot River, menacing Fort Edgecomb! Come help us defend it! This enactment will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9 at the Fort, Old Fort Road, off the Eddy Road. 18th-century costumes optional but exciting! Join us for authentic colonial food, crafts, and skills demonstrations. Call 882-7777 or 829-5753 for more information.

The North Edgecomb Cemetery Fund Association is 100 years old! Join them to celebrate at their annual meeting tomorrow, June 7, at 2 p.m. in the Town Hall. A copy of the original articles of incorporation will be on display, signed by six officers in 1902. Light refreshments will be served. All are most welcome.

Tuesday, June11 is the Primary Election of candidates for the Republican, Democratic and Green-Independent parties. More than that! Every registered voter, regardless of party status, should come to vote on the 2 Bond Issues, one concerning repairs and improvements in public school facilities, the other to stimulate job growth, renovate buildings, defend against terrorism and promote tourism.

The Edgecomb Fire Department and Chief Barry Johnston want to give their sincere thanks to Gloria Bailey for organizing the splendid supper May 25, to benefit the new fire station building fund. Thanks to everyone for your support!

Northrup Fowler III advises, for anyone interested in local or state history, there is an excellent website for old maps, from 1893 on: http://docs.unh.edu/towns/MaineTownList.htm. Now let's see if the newspapers can get all that on one line! Thanks, Mr. Fowler!

Carlene Sue Dowdy has graduated from the University College at Bath/Brunswick, with a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Maine at Augusta. The wife of Steven Dowdy of Dowdy Lane, she is one of those intrepid women who have gone back to college after raising five children. More power to you, Sue!

And, indeed, congratulations to all our Edgecomb students who are graduating from high schools and colleges or moving on from elementary to middle and from middle to high schools.

In the same spirit, come to the Eddy School's Big End-of-Year Open House Wednesday, June 12, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The whole town is invited to give the old school its Last Hurrah!

A toast to the future! From 234 River Road, 633-2978, bonesukl@midcoast.com.

This column appears in the Boothbay Register, Lincoln County News, Wiscasset Newspaper, and at www.Edgecomb.org.