OP Column December 19, 2013

Ocean Point Column

December 19

By Maryellen Bertrand

There is more Thanksgiving news this week from Jean and John Webster. They travelled to St Louis to be with their daughter Kim, her husband Michael and their 2 daughters, Grace and Ava. Also joining them were Jean’s sister Roni from New York.  Jean states that the food was flowing all day with plenty of leftovers. Earlier in the day John, Michael and the girls attended their local Thanksgiving Day football game.

Thanks to all of you who responded to my email regarding the snowy owl;  many of you have seen one leisurely "hanging around" Ocean Point. It was certainly fun to read everyone’s experience in doing so as well as their various descriptions. Last winter we spotted one in our backyard here at home; they are certainly fascinating to watch.

We received an email recently from the Boothbay Harbor Country Club which included pictures of the improvements that are being made to the course. They are impressive and I recommend getting on their web site to view the pictures for yourself if you have not seen them.  It looks to be a great golf season next year!

There was also a recent article in the Register regarding the proposed construction of a cell tower on Ocean Point. The town has approved the application and will hold a public hearing on January 28 regarding this issue; I urge all who are able to attend this meeting to do so, as this will impact not only Ocean Point residents but also all other area residents as well.

Another subject of importance to Ocean Point and the entire region is the possible construction of wind turbines off Monhegan. I have received several emails from folks with a reminder that the window for public comment on this issue is closing December 20^th. I am assuming that many area residents may be unaware of this timeline, all information regarding the wind turbines and how to make a comment by December 20^th is on the Blog.

May I also remind Ocean Pointers to check out the Ocean Point Blog on a regular basis as Tom McGonegal keeps us all up to date with pertinent information regarding Ocean Point and the surrounding area.

Happy holiday shopping and have a great week!