Young Monsters and Ghoulettes: Please take exceptional care on our dark roads tonight
as you go on your Trick or Treat rounds! Let your tricks be good-humored and harmless; may
your treats be delicious, nutritious and safe. Make sure your parents go with you. Give them a
scary mask and 10% of the take.

Has anyone lost a kitten? A light calico kitten (white, with tan and brown), with white
feet and one "black eye," has a temporary residence at 882-8155. Please call to claim it.
Election Day, Tuesday, November 5! Let's fill the polling booths with record numbers!
Car pool with your neighbors. Bake an Election Cake. Brew Liberty Tea. And don't forget to
sign the Citizens' Initiative for Tax Reform petition! Voting is not a dreary civic duty! It is the
celebration, the confirmation, the American people's expression and direction of our freedom!
The Edgecomb Planning Board has joined forces with the Selectmen for a series of
meetings, to which the public is invited. The next will be Monday, November 4, at 5:30 p.m.
following the Selectmen's meeting, to view a display, "Details of Edgecomb's Lands using GIS
and Aerial Planning Maps." The speaker, Paul Hoffman from the Sheepscot Valley
Conservation Association, created these maps, and he will discuss the kinds of data they can
supply.

November 6 is the annual meeting of Friends of Fort Edgecomb, 7 pm at the Sheepscot
Inn. Les Fossel will be the speaker. To date no word has come of the stolen quilt. The Friends
wish to thank the raffle winner, David Genz of Windham, for his gracious understanding in this
troubling situation. Mr. Genz is a member of the Lake Region Shrine Club.

The Edgecomb Historical Society is gathering materials for a showcase at the new
Edgecomb Eddy School, to feature the history of Edgecomb's schools and other child-oriented
historical details. The group invites Edgecomb residents to search for photographs and other
suitable artifacts from their school days, if willing to donate or loan for such a display. When I
was growing up here, there were three schools active: the Eddy, the City, and the Salt Marsh. At
one time, I have read, there were as many as eight. Does anyone remember these earlier
schools? Please get in touch with Sue Carlson, president of the EHS, 882-8162, Sophie Quinn,
secretary, 882-9326, or me, number given below.

The next Historical Society meeting will be at the Town Hall, Thursday, November 21, at
2 pm. The speaker will be Mary Burnham Reeves, daughter of John and Mary Burnham who
owned and operated Burnham's Store on the River Road.

We had our friends George and Beth Kidder down from Bar Harbor (or should that be up
from Bar Harbor?) for the weekend. Yes, it rained, but we had a grand time anyway, catching up
and conversing beside the first fireplace fire of the season! Explored the Dodge Point Preserve
Sunday morning, such wonderful magnification of the sunlight by the beech leaves!

Now I must go dive into my files for report cards from Salt Marsh School, and that note
from teacher Fronia Wasson which I've mentioned before, complaining of my chronic lateness.
This, when I was living, as I live now, at 234 River Road, 633-2978, bonesukl@midcoast.com.
This column appears in The Boothbay Register, The Lincoln County News, The Wiscasset
Newspaper, and at www.Edgecomb.org.