During this year’s Memorial Day parade, a boy was injured by a golf cart driven by Frazier Hart. As a member of the Hart family, I wanted to share some thoughts.

Less than a year ago I wrote a Letter to the Editor. At the time the Piper Village developers had just failed to hoodwink Damariscotta voters into enacting the so-called SmartCode.

The accident on Mills Road during the Damariscotta-Newcastle Memorial Day parade is the talk of the towns this week.

The town of Waldoboro, like many communities everywhere, has seen both glorious days and dark ones. The glorious ones are well documented by the Waldoboro Historical Society and are glorious indeed. The dark days, fortunately, have been relatively few and the community remains one of the most idyllic spots in which to live.

I read with much sadness of the impending end of pharmacy operations at Waltz Pharmacy on Main Street in Damariscotta. The loss of the last independent pharmacy in town is indeed a sad day.

We are afraid of turning into one of those “used to be” people.

I’ve never written a letter to the editor, but when I read Kelly P. Brook’s “All Four Feet” article in the March 1 edition of the LCN (“The Brook Dogs and Cats,” Page 8A) I felt I couldn’t let the opportunity pass.

We don’t often get weeks like this past one and thank the good Lord for that.

For those keeping track, since our last edition rolled off the presses we have had two stabbings, one shooting, one alleged attempted bank robbery, and two structure fires; one of them believed to be a case of arson.

It is with regret that I comment on the death of four newspapers in our area.

It sounds like the only people qualified to be politicians better be self-contained and self-sustaining spiritually; or leave their souls at the doorway; or keep their lifestyles to themselves. (Unless they’re progressive liberals.)

We are preparing for the start of the Bus. Rt. 1 Sidewalk Project in Damariscotta.

This past Sunday morning, March 11, while collecting sap, I was greeted by the act of a thief. Twenty-five to 30 sap buckets, covers and taps were stolen from the Bristol Mills Cemetery. These pails have a catalog value of approximately $20 each so LCSO was called. I don’t expect their return.

We take a great deal of pride in our editorial page.

Like all traditional publications, most of our pages are a one-way conversation. We print information. You, the reader, review it.

For the record, when I elect a candidate to office, I expect them to vote on the first day of office. I expect all candidates to be following current legislation so they are prepared to vote on their first day. I expect them to have valid reasons for their vote.