To the Editor:

This letter is to encourage a positive voter turn out on June 8. Not only are there important candidates to elect, deciding a DOT bond issue that potentially affects the Wiscasset waterfront is paramount.

I grew up in Louisville, Ky., one of the first cities to have fluoridated water. Nonetheless, I spent the entire summer before high school in the dentist’s chair. My mother was afraid of dentists and didn’t take me. My father was only home on weekends. Dental care is still not part of many cultures, nor is it affordable to many.

To the Editor:

This letter is in response to Pete Hope’s letter regarding the Bristol Consolidated School budget validation vote on June 8.

To the Editor:

Paul LePage, my choice for governor in the Republican primary, is a man of the people.

We like to, or try to, offer a little food for thought with the quotes we post in the banner above our nameplate each and every week.

To the Editor:

Three years ago, I moved to Newcastle with my daughter Bella and partner, Rich Simon.

To the Editor:

I’m a firm believer in one generation passing down whatever wisdom and truth they have learned, fought for and attained, to the next group of budding adults.

We have numerous “first days” of the summer season; there is the first summer-like day; there is Memorial Day, the unofficial first day of summer and now, with June 21 in the rear view mirror, the actual first day of summer.

To the Editor:

Greg Griffin is following in a long line of effective Road Commissioners. His quiet and steady leadership benefits the town greatly.

As co-producer of the Damariscotta Pirate Rendezvous, I would like to thank everyone who participated in any way to make the day such a success!

To the Editor:

I’m writing this letter to express my views concerning the MSAD/ RSU 40 Fiscal Year 2011 Budget.

As a long-time Waldoboro resident and former selectman, it’s vexing to see our state Department of Transportation steadfastly refusing to consider installing a traffic signal at a dangerous Rt. 1 intersection. Instead, the DOT wants to widen the road at Jefferson and Depot Streets. Experience shows that wider roads lead to faster traffic. That doesn’t sound safer to me.

To the Editor:I would like to take this way to thank all who helped to make my 90th birthday celebration such a warm hearted and loving event. I feel so blessed.Thanks also to everyone’s generosity, we reached the goal of raising $500 for the Heifer International “Knitting Basket,” which is a pair of sheep and […]

It is hard work being a volunteer. It means lots of hours, lots of legwork, lots of preparation before the folks come and lots of breaking down after they leave.