We love Nancy Wilson.

Nancy, our long time Bremen correspondent and resident general-purpose curmudgeon at large, is as proud and independent as they come. We were alarmed by news of her first car accident Jan. 28 and even more concerned when we learned she had been in a second crash in Thomaston Feb. 5.

Under our representative democracy, it has been my understanding that people are generally encouraged to contact their elected representatives with concerns about legislative issues. After recently corresponding with (District 51 Rep.) Jonathan McKane, R-Newcastle, to express my opinion of proposed changes to the Maine Public Employees’ Retirement System, I was shocked at his terse and rude response.

Early in the legislative session I co-sponsored a bill that I thought, and was told by the sponsor, Sen. Brian Langley, would have made minor changes to laws necessary to conform with federal law related to regulating restaurants.

President Obama says abortion is a private decision and pledges his continued commitment to pro choice legislation.

How bad was it Friday night in Wiscasset and Dresden? It was serious, but fortunately not as bad as it might have been.

This is in response to Jason Simond’s letter a few weeks ago. I went to every one of the G.S.B. 8th grade boys’ basketball games this season. As I sat in the stands I heard a lot of remarks from the spectators on the bleachers. I heard people cheering on the boys and the teams they played on. I heard parents from our team and other teams whom we competed against saying that they wish that their team could just win one or two games in the season. I also heard people complaining about the refs making bad calls, both ways, at many of the games.

Kudos to our new governor this from a longtime “Independent” voter. To those who think he is crass, come on lighten up and smell the roses. He is a diamond in the rough. Look at his first act; to stop the influx of people hoping to get on our benevolent welfare system.

It is said that a quick way to find out what the community is talking about is a glance at the editorial page. We would say that an even better way to find out what is going on is go to a community supper.

When I signed the petition to develop a five member assessors’ board last fall, my only stipulation was that it would not cost anything to do this.

To use a bad phrase I am in “shock and awe” about the loss of my house and belongings on Jan. 12. I was attaching the plow and stuck in the snow by the barn and, in only a few minutes, the fire got a good start and it was impossible to get inside the house.

Wow, what a storm (Jan. 13)! With weather like this, I am glad that I live and work where I do.

Almost anyone in the Twin Villages knows or knows of the Lee boys, Zander and his brother Whitney. They grew up here. They went to school here. If one or the other may have been rambunctious at times in their younger days, they both grew into upstanding family and businessmen.

For what it’s worth here are my thoughts on the Wiscasset bypass; forget the bypass and do these simple solutions:

1.) Stop ALL on street parking in Wiscasset.

I can understand why Doctor Falconer appreciates the “revelry and lawlessness of Saturnalia,” especially in light of his indifference to the secularization of Christ’s Mass. So have Saturnalia on the solstice, and there will be no confusion. (Say…wasn’t Kwanzaa supposed to have solved this problem?)