Last week, a woman was in line at Renys with an expensive Christmas present in hand. For no particular reason other than it is apparently that time of the season, the gentleman in line in front of her, insisted on paying for her purchase himself.

To the Editor:

This letter is in response to an amazing act of kindness and Christmas spirit our family received.

First, this year has been a hard year financially. We know that we are not the only family that has struggled to make ends meet.

To the Editor:

Douglass Wright (LCN 12/11) tries to defend his advocacy for homosexual marriage.

In Sebastian Junger’s book, “The Perfect Storm,” he accomplished the virtuoso feat of making the science behind the weather enjoyable reading for the laymen. What Hollywood depicted as one big storm, Junger turned into a fascinating character study of wind and weather.

To The Editor:

This letter is for some of our friends who pointed out that the caption under our daughter’s wedding announcement photo (Lincoln County News, Dec. 18) noted three names, but only two people were pictured. (“Mr. & Mrs. LeBlanc and Hannah MacKenzie”).

To the Editor:

At the Dec. 18 [Waldoboro] selectmen’s board meeting, I heard something that stunned me. The town is currently paying $1300 a month per employee for family healthcare coverage. That’s $15,600 a year – the equivalent of the entire year’s wages of someone earning $8 an hour!

To the Editor:

I wanted to publicly thank “Chris and his Crew” for having the Spirit of Christmas in their hearts the day after the big storm on Monday.

To the Editor:

Crossing the bridge this morning I was sadly surprised to see the swags and wreaths were made of fake fir.

On Dec. 16, Gov. Baldacci released his supplemental budget proposal to cover the approximately $140 million shortfall in Fiscal Year 2009.

To the Editor:

On Dec. 1, Waldoboro’s Soule Shuman Memorial VFW Post, hosted a very success bingo and benefit for the Kevin Murray Memorial Fund.

To the Editor:

The two letters condemning Rev. Jon Vermillion’s letter supporting the sanctity of marriage between a man and woman is a sad commentary on how far we have fallen in our relationship with God.

I read a terrific article in Forbes by Helman and Bogan, about a wildcatter named Rod Lewis that, believe it or not, is the only gringo allowed to drill in Mexico.

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:

In The Lincoln County News edition of Oct. 23, a front page article was entitled “Damariscotta Selectmen Removes Pinkham as Chairman”.