THE GIFT SHOP OPENS FRIDAY - GOOD STUFF!

The new gift shop - Five Seasons Gifts - at Clewley Farm Restaurant opens tomorrow, Friday, September 25 at 10am. It will be open until 5pm. (And that's only three months 'til Christmas Day. No, I'm not counting down the number of shopping days left!) BUT, there are some great buys there, such as LARGE pots of colorful mums at only $5.00 for the garden or the front door. And, inside there are both the beautiful and the practical...candles of numerous colors and every length, porcelain vases and platters, garden statuary and toys, stained glass bowls and much too much more for me to describe. But the prices are way lower than you'll find in any of the tourist shops along the various routes to the coast. I can tell you that!

Deb Rouche from Katahdin Lights has done a fantastic job in creating a gem out of what was once the flower shop at the restaurant. Be sure to take a moment to look at the brick, slate and one-of-a-kind tile floor. If I could find some of those tiles I'd make them the centerpiece in someplace special in my home. And the ceiling! That, too, is a work of hours and hours of labor. At night, with the lights on, it glows.

So, if you're going by tomorrow, stop in for lunch (the restaurant closes at 1pm) and check out the gift shop, too. Or swing by when you pick up your mail at the Post Office.

Hopefully the gift shop will be open when Woody Woodson plays Saturday night. Show begins at 7pm. The buffet dinner is from 5pm to 9pm. Price is only $12.95 per person at the door.

Speaking of the Post Office... The Public Notice FINALLY went up Tuesday (this week - September 22) for the Public Hearing - Public Meeting to be held next Tuesday (September 29) at 6pm at the Town Office to explain why the Selectmen want the town voters to approve taking $8,900. from the Firemen's Reserve Fund. The voting will be conducted at a Special Town Meeting on October 6 - at the Town Office - 6pm. If you can't be at the Special Town Meeting, maybe you should see if you can obtain an Absentee Ballot. There is only the one issue on the agenda (other than "electing" a moderator). BTW - Public Notices were also posted at Tradewinds and The Eddington Store on Tuesday, also. The Selectmen voted and signed the authorization for the notices on September 1. Guess it takes a long time to type up and make three copies.