According to the state’s records, since 1990, there have been 75 occasions involving the use of deadly force by Maine law enforcement, sometimes but not always, with deadly results.

I must correct and clarify that portion of the Edgecomb article addressing the snow plowing issue of Spring Hill Farm Rd. (“Edgecomb to require Shore Road excavation,” LCN, 1/15/09) As written, the article is confusing and misleading.

It’s nice to see that our Legislators are serious about addressing the problems facing the state.

To the Editor:

I had a serious sense of déjà vu reading your Christmas and New Year’s issues, for both featured one-sourced articles on the same local chimney sweep.

To the Editor:

The morning after Thanksgiving, although cold with the threat of snow, was a memorable one in the small town of Walpole.

To the Editor:

The support Junior Girl Scout troop 2144 from Damariscotta received at the Early Bird Sale was fantastic. The scouts offered gift-wrapping services that morning and raised more than $60 in donations.

To the Editor:

I am concerned about a letter I received, dated Dec. 8, ’08, from the Town of Newcastle which involved changes to the Newcastle Shoreland Zoning Ordinance.

To the Editor:

A change in the way some business is done at the Newcastle Town office when it moves to Pump St. could result in savings to put back into the capital reserve fund (which is being drawn on because the cost is beyond the amount we citizens approved).

How much is enough?In the mid-1990s, amidst arguments about what the United States should do to end conflicts in Yugoslavia, then U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeline Albright complained, “What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about, if we can’t use it?”

In my house in Newcastle, when you walk in the front door, in the hutch across the room, instantly visible from the doorway if you know what you’re looking for, is a beautiful, one of a kind, ceramic serving dish crafted by the late John S. Okie.

To the Editor:

A few weeks ago it was my privilege to be involved in collecting Coats for Adults at LL Bean in Freeport.

To the Editor:

Critics of President-elect Barack Obama, who in their small compass of life claim he is inexperienced, don’t imagine that his degree from Columbia University (major in political science with a concentration in international relations) means much.

To the Editor:

After nearly four days without power, I have to say that hearing the CMP ad that tells us “to flip a switch and they will be there” is becoming like rubbing salt into an open wound.

To the Editor:

Things must be pretty bleak at the Scheiman and Pelletier households at this time of the year.