As a former Trustee of the Waldoboro Public Library, I wish to thank you for your excellent article in last week’s The Lincoln County News. All of us are very proud of our new library and the ever increasing use of this building.

To read the national headlines, it seems 2009 could be the year that the newspaper industry goes the way of the Dodo.

However, now would be the time for us to raise a shaky finger and say something like, in our best Monty Pythonesque voice, “But we’re not dead yet.”

When I became a member of the Newcastle Fire Company in 1983, Paul Bryant was fire chief and Clayton Huntley was First Assistant Chief. At that time we had two meetings a month, the first was a business meeting and the second was training.

The time has come to do something about the bottleneck traffic situation in Wiscasset. It should and could be done now.

We citizens of Wiscasset have tried the town manager form of government for half a decade.

As a taxpayer, I think we voters should go back to a three person select board comprised of people who comprehend the particulars of an historical coastal town intersected by major arterial routes.

News from the Legislature.

“Cockamamie:” “ludicrous, nonsensical”, American Heritage Dictionary.

The Newcastle Selectmen have apparently decided not to put the proposed Village Center zoning changes to March Town Meeting. That’s a sound decision, but probably won’t end the matter.

To the Editor:

Healthy Kids had a full house at Skidompha Library Saturday night for the 8th Annual Chocolate Fest.

Want to know where all the decent jobs went? Go down to the store and read the “Made In _____” labels. Want to know how to get them back?

Publish a list of tariffs to be levied on imports and watch the merchants scurry around for U.S. made products to fill the pipeline.

To the Editor:

A livable wage is the level that is estimated for a household to maintain a basic needs budget and be self-sufficient from any benefits or assistance.

Seems the stimulus bill package includes monies for those $40 coupons to purchase digital television conversion boxers. If you read about these boxes, the words, “available from $40-60” is noted. In reality, they are not available here for $40 and the taxpayer ends up paying the $20 plus out of pocket.

To the Editor:

A thought: It is well enough that people of the nation…

Please print the following as an open letter to our four representatives to the Congress;

Dear Sir/Madam,

All four of you should be embarrassed that you voted for the pork-bloated joke masquerading as a “stimulus” bill. The Congressional Budget Office says that it will not do what Congress proclaims it will. The president changes his tune almost daily as to how many jobs it will create. It is a waste of taxpayers and borrowers money.

To the Editor:

Perhaps someone of my generation will enjoy my thoughts.