Dog days of August, not too much to report. Bruce and I visited friends vacationing in Georgetown last weekend. I daresay many of you were visited by vacationing friends, or were yourselves the visiting friends.
For those who qualify, please be aware that the management company, Preservation Management, is now taking rental applications for The Townhouses at Davis Island (aka "the workforce housing project"). For more information or to request an application, call Michelle Norton at 774-0501 x230.
Anyone concerned about Wiscasset's plan to put in a coal gasification plant at the former Maine Yankee site should check out the recently formed citizens' organization, Back River Alliance, who have started a website at www.backriveralliance.org. Willy Ritch of Woolwich is the president; Karl Tarbox of Wiscasset is the veep. Or consult Andi Burt with your concerns.
August 29 will be the last Monday for the Damariscotta Farmer's Market, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. It will keep going on Fridays, same hours, until October 26 on the grounds of the Damariscotta River Association.
Meanwhile, I'm battening the hatches for the inundation of grandchildren next weekend, at 234 River Road, 633-2978, jocam@midcoast.com. This column appears in several local papers, and at www.Edgecomb.org.