On behalf of everyone at Youth Promise, I would like to sincerely thank all the members of the Lincoln County community that supported and attended our show, Guys in Gowns, Feb. 7.

The water was likely still dripping through the ceiling at the Damariscotta Hannaford’s before rumors were flying around town.

Initial reports received here at The Lincoln County News office outlined a collapsed ceiling with people uninjured. The truth of the matter was far less dramatic. After workers discovered a problem, store officials determined there was a public safety issue and decided to close the store until the situation could be stabilized.

Dear Newcastle citizens: the Newcastle Planning Board intends to present to the Selectmen a revision of our Zoning Ordinance for the Village District.

Presented under the banner of preventing sprawl and establishing a pedestrian based downtown, the proposal would radically alter Main St. (Bus. Rt. 1) in Newcastle.

In regard to the recent debate on whether or not we should adopt a National Health Care System, I would like to raise the following points:

First, is this system permitted under the Constitution of the United States? The preamble says, “We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Major Ken Mason looks every inch like the former Marine and career lawman that he is. Although his co-workers at the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office can trade tales about Mason’s polished sense of humor, the Ken Mason the general public is more likely to see is the one with the practiced deadpan expression and the burn-a-hole-through-you glare that anyone who has been on the wrong end of a traffic ticket would recognize as an invitation to pipe down.

News from the Legislature.

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.

Here’s a trend no one predicted: pregnancy. Stand in a grocery checkout line and see the headlines about which celebrity is pregnant; which one has a new baby.

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.

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.

This is an open letter to the citizens of Alna. The reason for this letter is to introduce myself and tell you I am running for the Third Selectmen’s position in our town.

To the Editor:

Perhaps someone of my generation will enjoy my thoughts.

You are never going to believe this but I was out walking with a friend Feb. 15, and as I entered my driveway my two maple trees are all in bud with branches.

Growing up in our beloved Lincoln County, I enjoyed the small-town atmosphere, the warm friendliness of our people, and the willingness to go out of one’s way to help a neighbor that so typifies what a “State of Mainer” is.

In the manner of our much-admired former Sheriff Bill Carter, Todd Brackett and Lt. Mike Murphy have maintained that tradition of “going the extra mile” to help a fellow citizen. This letter to the editor is to thank them for that.