This weekend, 10 students from Wiscasset High School are going to make the long journey from home to Pleasant Point in Washington County where they will meet with members of the Passamaquoddy tribe.

We like it. We like it a lot.

Veterans’ Day is approaching and what do we do about it? Well, a few dedicated people meet, pray and acknowledge what they have done.

This campaign season I have read many letters based on half-truths or exaggerations and usually figured they were just partisan bickering, but when Larry Grimard implies that my wife (Lisa Miller), a legislator for the last six years, is not telling the truth then it is time to speak up. (“Not all true,” LCN, Page 11, 10/14/10)

I write in support of Jon McKane’s District 51 candidacy for the Maine House of Representatives.

There has been a lot of disturbing news this election year: obstructed and compromised health care reform; increasingly vocal talk of privatization of social security benefits; talk of even eliminating social security; or at least adding two more years to the start up of the benefits – from 65 to 67; the funneling of billions of dollars from corporate funds into political campaigns; youth suicides and gay bullying. It goes on and on….

“Tax the rich” makes for a great sound bite as headlined by the liberal mainstream media. In fact, the top 10 percent of all earners in this country pay an enormous 70 percent of all federal taxes by their business activities that grow our economy and increase our standard of living.

As much as we are looking forward to a breather from the battle for the political reins of our Great State, we are only slightly hopefully that the grit and competitiveness the candidates have all shown on the campaign trail will actually translate to action once the dust settles.

For a moderate Democrat like me, or for a Republican or Independent who thinks we need to change the culture of Augusta, the choice is now very clear.

A couple weeks ago, I suddenly became aware that my wedding ring had fallen off. A thorough but fruitless search of the house and cars meant the haystack just got way bigger and the “needle” proportionally way smaller. I’m sure some readers have had this happen so I need not describe my feelings at that moment.

If you haven’t met Chris Johnson you have lost an opportunity to speak to a real sincere young man, running for the Maine Senate, District #20.

Now more than ever we need the common sense, energetic, analytical and independently thinking mind of Bruce MacDonald to help lead the way.

Is there anything quite like the thrill of seeing some hapless car smashed to smithereens by a giant pumpkin?

I urge every Newcastle resident to come to as many meetings of the “Community Conversation” as they can.

This is your opportunity to have your ideas and concerns incorporated in the future plans of Newcastle. About 380 residences are predicted to come to our town in the next 30 years or so. Where will they go? Will they overburden our roads and schools?

Like many of my neighbors, I’m voting to re-elect Jonathan McKane to the state legislature from House District 51, which includes Edgecomb, Newcastle, Damariscotta, Bristol, South Bristol, and Monhegan.