Have you just got a little day-glo pink postal card in your mail? By now everyone should be alerted to the two public meetings about the Wiscasset Bypass. They will be held at the Edgecomb Town Hall on Thursday, November 29 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, December 1 at 10 a.m. Representatives from the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT to its pals) will be on hand to explain the draft Environmental Impact Statement. Have you seen the DEIS yet? A copy is on view in the Town Hall office, the Wiscasset Town offices, and the Wiscasset Public Library. It is also downloadable from www.wiscasset

route1corridor.com .

We can send our comments to the Maine Department of Transportation by way of that Web site, which has a 'Questions/Comments' link. Or we can make them at either one of the two meetings noted above. These public meeting comments will become part of the Bypass record.

There are a few ground rules, however. 1) Please frame any comment in the form of a question, if you possibly can. 2) Please be brief; no one will be allowed to take more than four minutes at a time. 3) Don't rant!

The ultimate deadline for comments is December 21, 2007, 5 p.m. You can call me, contact info below, or Barry Johnston, 882-7443, or Amanda Russell, 882-6634, with any questions about the process.

The Edgecomb Historical Society has postponed its November meeting until Thursday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m. in the conference room and library of the Edgecomb Eddy School, where we will continue our inventory. All interested are welcome to join us! Imagine, in 50 years, the Bypass will be part of our history... if it isn't still in our future!

Bakers Alert! On Saturday, December 1, Morris Farm is offering a class in how to make Holiday Breads! It starts at 9 a.m. Call the Farm 882-4080 or Web site www. morrisfarm.org for timing and fees. Then, dusting the flour off your hands and licking the powdered sugar from your fingers, take a break from baking to taste someone else's fare... or if you are exhausted from making your Bypass comments at the above mentioned Saturday meeting...

A Winter Wonderland Holiday Tea is being served at the Maine Coastal Botanic Gardens Saturday afternoon, December 1, from 3 to 5 p.m. Come to savor scones, tea sandwiches, strawberry jam, and Devonshire cream, a veritable British High Tea! Cellist Andrew Richter will provide suitable background music. Get your reservations in promptly, $15 for Garden members, $20 for non-members; call 633-4333 for details. CMBG will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. all winter, except for the specific holidays. Check out their Holiday Evenings from November 23 through December 21.

Wishing everyone a gladsome Thanksgiving and entree into the holiday season from 234 River Road, 633-2978, jocam@midcoast. com .

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