To the Editor:

Congratulations to all the Newcastle voters that took the time to make decisions about who they believe would best represent them in the county, state and national governments.

Now that the confetti has fallen on one side and the tears have flowed on the other, it’s time to close ranks again.

Great Expectations?

In 1967 when I was at Moscow University, some Soviet students decorated their dorm rooms with pictures of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy, despite the fact that our two countries were then locked in Cold War confrontation.

To the Editor:

I want to thank all of the volunteers who worked so hard on my campaign for the State Senate and also those who supported me by giving me their vote election day.

To the Editor:

I learned two things from Mr. Grant’s letter “Time to be afraid” (LCN, Nov. 20, 2008). The first is that, because my vote counted as much as that of anyone else, I must be among the most poor and least powerful.

To the Editor:

I wanted to take the time now that the election has passed to thank all of the people who volunteered on my campaign for State Senate. To begin, I want to thank my wife, Pam, whose support and patience during the campaign season kept me going.

The Newcastle Fire Company has responded to emergencies in Newcastle and our surrounding communities for over one hundred and thirty two years.

To the Editor:

Our fears have gotten us into the mess we’re in now. The Bush administration has played our fears like a violin.

To the Editor:

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. declared in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, “I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies.”

This is the time to thank a veteran.

Our right to disagree, to assemble, to protest, to burn flags, to petition our government, to post political signs on our lawn, has been bought and paid for by the sweat and blood of the men and women who came before us.

To the Editor:

The election is over, but for many, the elation is not. Neither is the bitterness, the vitriolic rhetoric and name calling which continued even in its last hours. This, after an election, is unprecedented.

To the Editor:

My name is Carolyn Cushing Moore Mattern and I am writing about my brother Sheldon Scott Cushing “Skip” who passed away Aug. 11, 2007 from lung cancer. I am his little sister.

To the Editor:

The Friends of the Waldoboro Public Library would like to thank the many contributors who have given so generously to the Gift Basket Project for our table at the Medomak Valley Fall Arts and Craft Fair to be held on Sat., Nov. 15 at Medomak Valley High School.

To the Editor:

In April 1998, Citigroup announced that it was buying Traveler’s Insurance, a purchase which was illegal under the Glass-Steagall Act.