Fall doesn’t seem like it can hold back much longer — the temperatures are already cooling down, the fireweed has just about bloomed out, and pumpkin spice season has officially launched. Not to worry — there’s plenty of upcoming events and attractions to keep warm and stay active, from community potlucks to new First Friday exhibits to book sales and blueberry picking! Just take a look through these Best Bets.
If springing your clocks forward this past weekend wasn’t enough of a sign that spring is on its way, try driving out East End Road where spring melt run off by East Hill will have you running to the car wash or at least to the store to load up on more windshield washer fluid. And while there’s still plenty of snow out East for skiing and snowshoeing, in town trails are now a patchwork of brown and white. And, if you missed it as an insert in last week’s paper, the Shorebird Festival program is out! How many more signs of spring do you need?
If you’re one of the cool kids who still read comic strips — you know, like graphic novels, but one scene at a time — you may know of The Phantom, also known as “The Man Who Cannot Die.” Its basic premise involves a mysterious, evil avenging hero who descended from the first Phantom in 1536.