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.

As a child I was taught early on what being part of a community was all about. Going to the CLC Rec was part of our everyday life. Whether it was being summoned by my Uncle Neil to help build the new playground, roller skating on Friday nights or going to senior group with my grandmother.

Reporters love breaking a story. Such thrills are the pounding heart of the profession.

We wish to say thank you to the Damariscotta policemen on duty at the municipal parking lot the night of the 4th of July.

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.

To the Editor:

The citizens of Waldoboro have a wonderful opportunity to hear the views, priorities and visions of the candidates for the open seats on our select board.

High school graduations, by their very nature, are bittersweet affairs. For the graduates it is a celebration of their life’s work to date; the formal demarcation between childhood and their launch into the great wide world.