To those who have been to the town hearings or read the front page of The Lincoln County News concerning the upcoming vote.

The critical upcoming presidential election will determine whether this democracy will be upheld or whether it will become a plutocracy, ruled by, and for the very wealthiest among us.

Much has been written lately about same sex marriage and I would like to strive to establish the bottom line of absolute truth. “In the beginning God created…” This gives our Almighty Sovereign God the right and authority to make the rules.

It’s only fitting the clock stopped this week.

Damariscotta’s historic town clock, famously housed in the steeple of the First Baptist Church on Bristol Road and Main Street, ran down and stopped Tuesday morning, Oct. 16 at 9:50 a.m.

I am writing in response to the article concerning the Goose Hill Road in Jefferson. According to the article on Sept. 27 by Shlomit Auciello, the Town government wants to take control of the land 25 feet from the center of the road outwards on each side without compensation to landowners. (“Jefferson citizens air Goose Hill Road issues,” Page 1)

I committed a serious crime in my old hometown once.

It was about 60 years ago.

Who doesn’t like breasts?

Seriously? Do you know anybody who has ever said anything like “I do not like looking, seeing, or thinking about breasts.”

Noam Chomsky, professor at MIT, said: “If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”

As a parent involved in building the new Great Salt Bay School playground, I helped organize Playground Planning Day Sept. 28.

Wes Page made the trip from Portage Lake to Damariscotta specifically for the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Weigh off Sunday.

For those keeping score, Portage Lake is roughly 240 miles from Damariscotta.

I am writing in response to a letter written by David Ricker, which was published in last week’s LCN.

Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s week started badly Sunday when a blistering review of the inner workings of his campaign was posted on the website Politico.com.

I’m sure that all gardeners and lovers of flowers- and surely there’s no one who doesn’t belong to at least one of those groups- are as sad as I am to see the “For Sale” sign in front of Cottage Gardens.

Our volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel are inadequately protected by the Maine Workmen’s Compensation (WC) law. The State allows the Maine Municipal Association (MMA) , the State’s largest WC carrier for our volunteers, to exclude coverage when responding to an emergency until they reach a main road.