Question 1 supporters claim that the new law will increase transparency and accountability and return power to the voter. This is total hogwash.
THERE BUT FOR GRACE
This weekend, even as thousands of revelers descend on Lincoln County for the culmination of the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, our thoughts turn to the south, toward our fellow citizens in the Carolinas.
This Is the Place I Have Loved
I love this peninsula! Yesterday morning while juggling too many bags out to my car at Hannaford, I knocked my fitness tracker bracelet off my wrist without realizing it. When I returned to look for it in the afternoon, I was cautiously hopeful that I’d find it, generally being an optimistic person, but I wasn’t holding my breath.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
The theory is humans gravitate to things like horror movies and carnival rides because most people like the pulse-pounding thrill of terror without suffering the unfortunate ill consequences that come with an actual threat.
Veterans Day 2015
Many of our older folks can still remember Armistice Day, Nov. 11, created in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I, celebrating the cessation of hostilities.
Thank You
My dog Bella was recently found after being lost for three days on the Pemaquid peninsula. The number of wonderful people who searched, helped, and offered words of encouragement was amazing! We are lucky to be a part of this caring town.
Bristol Road Speed Limit Petition
A couple of days ago I had an interesting email from a Bristol Road neighbor who knew that I belong to a neighborhood group that is gathering signatures on a petition requesting the Department of Transportation review speed limits on the Damariscotta section of Route 129.
WELL DONE
It’s hard to look at Damariscotta’s Main Street this week and not think of the crowds that packed this tiny downtown this past weekend.
ANOTHER WORTHY CAUSE
Damariscotta’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk steps off from the parking lot of The First on Damariscotta’s Main Street this Sunday at 2 p.m.
Measure a Nation By How It Regards Its Elderly
The fact there will be no cost of living adjustment in 2016 for 65 million recipients of Social Security will be acutely painful in Maine, which hosts the oldest population in the nation; and in Lincoln County, the second oldest county in Maine where public transportation is non-existent, community outreach is at best minimal and where 25 percent of the population is age 65 and over.
Such a Gift
Once in awhile a person emerges in our midst who has such creativity and depth, that knowing them feels like a gift. Such a gift was Kelly Patton Brook.
Get a Cat
It’s an April fool’s joke – right?
A Wonderful Man
It is wonderful that the new field at Lincoln Academy is to be dedicated to the memory of such a wonderful man. (“Lincoln Academy to dedicate William A. Clark Field,” LCN, 9/17/15, Page 10B)
BE NOT AFRAID
The number of the week is 26.
Twenty-six motorcycle enthusiasts have died on Maine roads so far this year. As various media reports all reiterated over the weekend, this number is more than double the total for all of 2014.
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