I’m writing today to announce a great improvement in our care, and to ask for your patience.

The proposed dog park was voted down at the Bristol town meeting. Following my presentation, discussion was dominated by three people who could only foresee dog fights, people getting injured, lawsuits, huge piles of dog poo, and a river of dog urine.

The man responsible for the oversight of what are perhaps the two foremost summertime destinations in Lincoln County fell three votes short of re-election Monday.

I live in an old coastal town in the county of Kent, England, Great Britain, called Broadstairs.

I am writing to you as a part of a class project involving the novel “The Watsons Go to Birmingham.” My classmates and I are contacting newspapers located across the country in a state that we chose to learn more about. I wanted to learn more about Maine and what it is like to live there. I want to visit there to truly experience life on the coast.

I am very excited that Maine citizens have the option to select ranked-choice voting for elections. When a ballot includes three or more candidates for a seat, ranked-choice voting allows each citizen to stipulate their first, second, and third choice for that seat – or as many choices as there are candidates.

Given the backdrop of a presidential election, the shifting demographics of the nation, and the ideological balance of the court, it would seem the stakes could hardly get any higher when it comes to naming a new Supreme Court justice.

For a while there, back in the 1980s, cocaine was ubiquitous. At one time or another, it seemed like everybody to some degree did it, or had it, or knew where they could get it. If they didn’t, they almost certainly knew someone who did.

One of the great truths of life is that things are always better faster stronger in memory.

The state of Maine, not to mention Lincoln County, has a serious problem with drug abuse, and unfortunately, it does not seem to be getting better over time. Notwithstanding years of effort fighting the War on Drugs, and promoting drug awareness programs like DARE in our schools, the trend in drug abuse has been going in the wrong direction.

Wednesday, Jan. 27 is the 43rd anniversary of the signing of the “Paris Peace Accord” ending the Vietnam War in 1973.

Recently Governor Paul LePage stated that he would not deliver the State of the State Address before the Legislature. The people of Maine will not get a chance to hear it aired either.

With great respect and deep affection for this newspaper, this industry, my employer, and co-workers, I submitted my resignation last week.