Hagar Enterprises Inc. would like to thank the plowing crew of John Prior Inc., for their help with the storm of Feb. 23-24. During this storm a tree fell down blocking the Lessner Rd. at the Biscay Rd. end. John and his drew offered to plow Lessner Rd. for us until the tree could be cleared away and the road opened.

In the last week or so I have come across a true life incident right here in Lincoln County that illustrates the absurdity of our current health insurance system.

On behalf of the Bristol Area Library, I want to encourage the residents of Bristol to show their support of our library by voting in favor of the proposed budget of $13,000 at the Town Meeting on March 17.

It is difficult to quote individuals accurately, and certainly it was more arduous than usual to quote any of the participants in the March 9 Newcastle Board of Selectmen’s meeting.

Newcastle voters will have the opportunity to make some serious and important decisions regarding how Newcastle is governed and spends its hard earned tax dollars next Monday, March 30. The polls will open at the Newcastle Community Room at the Fire Station on River Rd at 10 a.m. and will close at 6 p.m.

I endorse Casey Stevens of Newcastle for Selectman.

Casey firmly believes that taxpayer dollars must be spent wisely and our town government must be truly transparent. Casey believes that Newcastle residents deserve a monthly accountability of funds spent by posting what is spent each month on the town’s web site and available as a handout at the town office.

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.

Being an independent voter I followed your campaign very closely and came to the conclusion that I would support you if you were running for President of my college fraternity. Your charm and charisma would certainly attract an ample supply of ladies to our parties and your glib oratory would keep us from harms-way with college officials when we drifted into Animal House activities.

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

On Friday, March 20, we Alna residents will vote for town officers, including Second Selectman. I am running for Second Selectman because I want to keep taxes low, preserve Alna’s heritage, and put Alna online.

Bremen’s Town Meeting is March 28. I urge all residents to attend and to vote against articles 51 and 52. Both are from citizen petitions run amuck. These are personal amendments, especially 52, that will affect all of Bremen, our future and for many, our livelihoods.

I would like to address some of the rumors that have been circulating around town lately.

First of all, Yellowfront Grocery is not closing. Second of all, we are not going bankrupt.

I agree with President Obama on the desperate need for education reform.

As a former anti-union teacher, I wish him luck in taking on the unions and the education industry. We need to somehow reward good teachers (definitely not through their student’s performance on standardized tests), end tenure and fire bad teachers. We need to repeal No Child Left Behind and encourage charter schools.

I am the owner of the Mediterranean Kitchen downtown. I was not able to get to the meeting last week.

I have a front row seat everyday to the bus. I see no problem with the bus stopping where it does now. I do see a problem with the rest of the drivers.

If people were more courteous and patient, the flow of traffic would be smoother.