This is the last time you'll get this reminder this year: Nomination papers are available for town elected offices: one selectman, one planning board member and one school committee member, all three-year terms; one town clerk, one town treasurer, one tax collector and one road commissioner, all one-year terms. The deadline for returning them is Monday, March 31 by 9 p.m. The signatures of no fewer than 25, no more than 100, registered Edgecomb voters are needed. Please note the corrected deadline date.

Put this on your long-range calendar: April 21, at 6 p.m., Edgecomb will hold its public information session on the proposed Route 1 Corridor Management Plan. This will cover the portion of Route 1 between the Davey Bridge and the Warren town line. It covers not only the roadway and intersections, but pedestrian bicyclist accommodations, safety, aesthetic and rail improvements, and possibly a seasonal bus service.

Feed Our Scholars, a program for providing meals for primary and middle school students in Wiscasset, is holding a spaghetti supper on Saturday, April 5, at 5 p.m. at St. Philip's Church, 12 Hodge Street, Wiscasset. A silent auction will accompany the affair. For reservations, call St. Philip's at 207-882-7184 or 207-882-7647. Leave your name, how many in your party, and a phone number where you can be reached.

The Cyclops was magnificent, at the Center for Teaching and Learning's mythological extravaganzas, "It's All Greek to Me" by Claudia Covington, and "The Seussddyssey" (OK, you pronounce it!), sending OdysSeuss through all kinds of perils in Theodore Geiss' rollicking rhymes, parodied by Don Zolidis.

I have often wished television would serialize the Greek and Roman mythologies, maybe on two levels, because the gods and goddesses sometimes get into very adult situations. They could do the Celtic and Teutonic stories as well, and Native American, South American legends. My whole complaint with television is its total lack of imagination. No wonder the computer games are so popular; they give kids more to chew on, even if over-heavy on the violence.

Marilee Harris is now a pastor! She presides at the Damariscotta Baptist Church, after a unanimous vote of approval in February. Her official installation will come in June, but she is now actively behind the pulpit.

Don't forget Lea Wait's publication party, for her latest historical juvenile, "Uncertain Glory." It is going to be Sunday, April 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Le Garage in Wiscasset. Lea will speak briefly about the book, and the facts it is based on, describing the first two weeks of the Civil War as experienced in Wiscasset. With light refreshments and a cash bar, this event is free and open to the public. Y'all come!

Wednesday, April 2, is the rescheduled Bat Conservation program at the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association office, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The presenter will be Annie Kassler of Bat Conservation International, giving basic biological facts about bats, at also the dreadful white nose fungus which is killing so many off. SVCA will also have bat box kits available for a $10 suggested donation and you can put them together if time allows. Please pre-register and send in your donation if you wish to be guaranteed a bat box. Otherwise, it will be first come, first serve until the boxes are gone. Call 207-586-5616 for details.

Ruth Bryant has been enjoying visits from her two sisters, Joan Myatt of Amory, Mississippi, and Becky Neely of Trenton, Tennessee. The Southern Connection!  Welcome to the Great Grey North, y'all!

I've just spotted snowdrops starting! Possibly spring will be a reality! No more cabin fever at 234 River Road, 207-633-2978 and jocam@tidewater.net.