It’s hard to look at Damariscotta’s Main Street this week and not think of the crowds that packed this tiny downtown this past weekend.

Damariscotta’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk steps off from the parking lot of The First on Damariscotta’s Main Street this Sunday at 2 p.m.

The fact there will be no cost of living adjustment in 2016 for 65 million recipients of Social Security will be acutely painful in Maine, which hosts the oldest population in the nation; and in Lincoln County, the second oldest county in Maine where public transportation is non-existent, community outreach is at best minimal and where 25 percent of the population is age 65 and over.

Question 1 supporters claim that the new law will increase transparency and accountability and return power to the voter. This is total hogwash.

This weekend, even as thousands of revelers descend on Lincoln County for the culmination of the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, our thoughts turn to the south, toward our fellow citizens in the Carolinas.

I love this peninsula! Yesterday morning while juggling too many bags out to my car at Hannaford, I knocked my fitness tracker bracelet off my wrist without realizing it. When I returned to look for it in the afternoon, I was cautiously hopeful that I’d find it, generally being an optimistic person, but I wasn’t holding my breath.

The theory is humans gravitate to things like horror movies and carnival rides because most people like the pulse-pounding thrill of terror without suffering the unfortunate ill consequences that come with an actual threat.

Many of our older folks can still remember Armistice Day, Nov. 11, created in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I, celebrating the cessation of hostilities.

My dog Bella was recently found after being lost for three days on the Pemaquid peninsula. The number of wonderful people who searched, helped, and offered words of encouragement was amazing! We are lucky to be a part of this caring town.

A couple of days ago I had an interesting email from a Bristol Road neighbor who knew that I belong to a neighborhood group that is gathering signatures on a petition requesting the Department of Transportation review speed limits on the Damariscotta section of Route 129.

I must respond to Craig Elliot’s letter regarding bicyclists. Route 130 is one of the few local roads with a paved shoulder (most of the way to the Point), and is therefore favored by cyclists.

As an avid cyclist, I ride on the road almost every day. Most motorists share the road in a kind and considerate way, moving over if they are able, and giving as much room as they comfortably can.

It’s hard to remember it now, but coming into the Blaine House on the heels of a professional politician seemingly duty bound to equivocate, Paul LePage was a breath of fresh air.

Once in awhile a person emerges in our midst who has such creativity and depth, that knowing them feels like a gift. Such a gift was Kelly Patton Brook.