Round Pond villagers and lovers of Round Pond enthusiastically supported the Save the Lupine Field campaign during the Fourth of July parade!

Nearly 240 years ago, our founding fathers declared our national independence from Great Britain. This Fourth of July, let’s declare our independence from the meat industry.

On Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m. in the Lincoln Academy dining commons, the L.A. Board of Trustees will host its annual open board meeting.

As Americans, we often fail to fully appreciate our independence.

We have to admit it; part of us is rather enjoying the spectacle Donald Trump is making of himself as he careens around the political theater pretending to be a serious candidate for the most powerful office in the world.

As Abigail Adams reported last week, the Lincoln County Animal Shelter is moving forward in an ambitious and exciting way. Indeed, we have made great progress in the first half of 2015 and believe that the future is bright for our shelter.

It was with considerable interest that I read the article concerning the proposed merger of the five conservation land trusts.

Maine voters will be asked to decide whether to use ranked choice voting to fill State and federal elected positions. It’s time for us to adopt ranked choice voting, or RCV.

The U.S. egg industry is reeling from a colossal outbreak of avian flu, mostly among egg-laying chickens.

It seems everybody has an opinion related to the trials and travails of the interlocal public works agreement between Damariscotta and Newcastle.

South Bristol will observe its 100th birthday this weekend with plenty to celebrate.

I was the organizer for Touch-a-Truck at the Wiscasset Speedway a few Sundays ago. You remember that beautiful summer day, don’t you? Torrential downpour, wicked wind chill, low 50s… not exactly your “end-of-June” weather, but we all braved it for the kids.

It seems like every kind of local baseball or softball league had a playoff this past weekend. Throw in a few foot races and fundraisers and it made for a busy week for our yeoman sports staff. Our congratulations go out to all of the competitors in this past weekend’s action.

We know of a local lobsterman who hosts his relatives from away every summer. Their idea of a good time is to pull up on his front lawn, put their feet up and feast on lobster he caught that morning while they watch the sunset over the waters he makes his living on.

It’s very exotic.