Returning to Eastern Standard Time is my least favorite time of year as it means the winter season is upon us. After a spectacular fall here, the forecast is unfortunately changing this week to a wintery mix of, snow, ice and much colder temperatures. And so the countdown begins for many of us until spring and our return to Ocean Point.

The weather has been quite favorable for our Casino project. This week the framing of the building was started and the preliminary work on plumbing as well. It’s very exciting to see, Sue Goodrich has been busy posting pictures on the blog. Thank you Sue.

She’s also posted pictures of the Halloween storm which sadly took out a second tree at three trees, so now only one lonely tree remains. The ocean was quite churned up that evening with some loosing power for the second time in a week!

In case you missed last week’s edition there were some pretty spectacular photos taken from Ocean Point that really depicted the power of the storm.

I am writing this column on Monday, Veterans Day, and I want to thank all veterans, especially our Ocean Point veterans, for their heroic service to our country. Please reach out to a veteran to thank them for their service.

On a recent trip to Ocean Point, my husband reports that the two traffic lights in downtown Wiscasset are now blinking; it will be interesting to see what effect these might possibly have on next summer’s traffic; keeping fingers crossed!

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday there is an early deadline for column submission. Please send me your news by Friday, Nov. 22. Have a great week!