If the matter weren’t so serious, the prospect of little Bremen standing up to the State of Maine over the maintenance of Route 32 might be amusing.

The gravel truck issue is back! Unfortunately, the glaciers piled gravel north of the Boothbay and Pemaquid peninsulas, so gravel will be trucked from Whitefield to both areas.

Each town on the way needs to deal with that traffic.

She isn’t mentioned in our front page story, but everybody in favor of buying local, eating healthy foods, and doing something in the best interests of children, owes a big debt of gratitude to Karen Kleinkopf.

I am compelled to respond to Larry Grimard’s letter, “We should be able to budget for buses” (LCN, 2/20/14, Page 4).

First, the things on which we agree: the safety of our students and the cost of repairs on an aging bus fleet does require vigilance. Second, the state Department of Education must approve bus purchases in order for the school to be reimbursed in future subsidies.

Mainers should be proud that we’re taking the lead on solving climate change, both at the state level and with small-business owners like me. It’s smart business, because climate change threatens Maine’s economy with more acidic oceans, unpredictable snowpack for our ski industry, rising seas that imperil coastal properties, and much more.

Newcastle chef, author (and the LCN editor’s wife) Cynthia Finnemore Simonds was doing a cooking demonstration at the Maine Agriculture Trades Show Jan. 8 when she ran into Gov. Paul LePage.

A week ago Sunday, in the slush on Route 220, my Subaru drifted to the right, then described a slow arc left across the empty (thanks, guardian angel!) road, down an embankment and into a tree. After 50-some years of driving on snow and ice without any problem, I couldn’t have been more incredulous if it had taken wing.

I am a very new member of the Nobleboro Budget Committee, and we just concluded four Monday evening meetings reviewing every budget item, from the removal of three trees to the multi-page – and amazingly complex – school budget.

The holidays have come and gone and the people of Waldoboro have been amazing once again! As always, I feel very privileged to be part of such a wonderful and generous event. This year’s Waldoboro Toy Program went very well, with a lot of help from a lot of you.

After attending a very informative town manager search meeting I realize Wiscasset is looking for nothing short of a miracle in our next town manager.

I am responding to Senator Chris Johnson’s comments in the Jan. 16 issue of this newspaper.

Mainers are famous for playing down Maine’s famously and fickle bad weather. Blizzard shuts down half the country? “‘Tweren’t nuthin’,” your average Mainer says.

We want to thank Central Maine Power and their extra crews for being there during the ice storm, and all the many individuals watching out for everyone’s safety.

A rather interesting letter appeared in the Jan. 9 issue of LCN, entitled, “According to the liberal Democrats’ dictionary.” We are getting used to such rants as the writers: in Washington, by our elected “representatives,” on television, via commentators, etc. Why, even the president is fair game for them, seen as the antichrist; even the new pope is a Marxist, because, for one thing, they point out it’s a shameful matter to not care about the most needy among us.