“It’s the economy, stupid:” a phrase used by the 1992 Clinton campaign. Could there be any phrase more appropriate today here in Maine?

To the Editor:

My husband is a resident at the Harbor View cottage, an extension of the Lincoln Home for Alzheimer’s patients.

Re: Stars Jewelry and Skidompha Library (July 22 LCN).

Obviously no one at this center of learning has even read “Dogs 101.” Two lessons to be learned: “Be loyal to your owner” (in this case fellow townspeople and merchants) and of course that real old one, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”

To the Editor:

The Bristol Area Lions Club would like to thank and congratulate the vendors who participated in the Bristol Flea Market, which took place this past weekend at Bristol School.

To the Editor:

Did you know that Deb Sanderson was running for State Representative?

To the Editor:

Have you ever driven on School Street in Damariscotta? Well I have and I do it on a daily basis.

To the Editor:

The Wiscasset Municipal Planning and Codes budgets will be voted separately on Sept. 14.

To the Editor:

My dream started in Feb. 2009. That’s more than one and a half year ago.

I was 14 years old and at school, then I saw this information table with flyers about a “High School Year in the USA.” Sounded interesting for me and I began to read. Soon I came to the decision to go 10 months abroad.

To the Editor:

A few months ago I threw a bottle with a letter containing my name and phone number into the Damariscotta River at the Newcastle bridge.

To the Editor:

Olde Bristol Days would not have been as successful as it was this year without the hard work and dedication of Bristol Parks Commissioner Gordon Benner.

To the Editor:

It has been a while since the LCN has published a letter to the Editor concerning Rt. 1 traffic going through Wiscasset.

We have been watching this tempest about the proposal to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan with some bemusement.

The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Wiscasset Plaza, which includes Lil’ Mart, McDonald’s and First Federal Savings, was held Fri., Aug. 6. Some consider the plaza an eyesore; others a needed increase to our tax base and still others a welcomed convenience.

This summer my life has been dramatically changed by a serious illness. It has been both alarming and disheartening.