How many times yesterday did you remember it was an anniversary day?

An article recently published in another newspaper within the last couple of weeks tells of a bridge design that will devastate the character of an otherwise beautiful New England town. We are once again talking about the South Bristol swing bridge.

Barrack Obama, you spend too much. We cannot afford a president that spends like you do.

Your presence at the next selectman’s meeting at Great Salt Bay on Sept. 26 at 6:30 is greatly needed.

Toward the end of his life, Ed Myers spent a great deal of his time disguised as a kindly old man who volunteered at the South Bristol School where he would help out as needed.

With much pride and appreciation we report that 62 units of blood were donated to the American Red Cross on Sept. 20 at the Second Congregational Church in Newcastle.

While sitting at a local coffee shop here in South Bristol on Sunday morning reading the Sunday paper I was stunned to find a letter to the paper stating that the State of Maine has wasted time and money on the design of our new bridge.

Next week, on Sept. 11, choices presented at two special town meetings, each present real consequences in the towns of Waldoboro and Wiscasset.

Our esteemed Bristol columnist Lorraine Fossett passed away Sunday night.

Our thoughts and sympathies go out to her family at this difficult time.

We always find August to be a somewhat bittersweet time. It’s still summer. We still have plenty of cookouts and beach days and dog days ahead, but we can see Labor Day from here.

While travelling in a very poor country I had a real need for some assistance from the US Embassy or Consulate there. All I needed was advice on how to find a reputable attorney. This is no easy task considering the country I was visiting is known to have groups of lawyers working together to convey fraudulent property titles.

Last Thursday Lincoln County Healthcare officially announced that the St. Andrews Hospital Emergency Department will become an Urgent Care Center in April.

I just read The Lincoln County News online and was shocked to read about the Damariscotta Police Department.

Lincoln County Healthcare’s plan to shutter the emergency department at St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor may make financial sense, but it doesn’t feel good.