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Dear readers,

This week, we are celebrating National Library Week. This year’s theme is “Libraries = Strong Communities.”

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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More fine student art: Andrea Cough, who is the art teacher at Bristol Consolidated School, emailed me to say that she had read my recent “Artsbeat” column about the Lincoln Academy IDEAL art show at Rising Tide Co-op in Damariscotta and to let me know that some of her pre-K through eighth-grade art students have a show up at the Bristol Area Library. 

‘THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS’

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If you drive by N.C. Hunt on Route 215 in Jefferson, you will see the message “united we stand, together we rebuild” on one side of the marquee and “thank you firefighters, open for business” on the other.

Round Pond Column

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Many hands gathered throughout last weekend to start the rebuilding of the floats that will accommodate many boats and dinghies at the town landing this summer, and hopefully for many summers to come.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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America’s Big Band: Early in March, I chatted with Cathy Sherrill, the executive director of The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, for “Artsbeat.” A large part of our conversation consisted of talking about all the cool upcoming shows at the opera house.

From the Legislature: The View from a New Seat

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I have enjoyed every minute of being a legislator. It is a huge and humbling honor to represent the people who live in Arrowsic, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, part of Richmond, and my own town of Woolwich. Having been on the job for about two months, here’s a little taste of what it’s like to be a freshman legislator.

JOE SELECTMAN IS A MORON

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Conspiracy theories about vaccinations, inflammatory remarks about race and religion, the “mind-altering” and “personality-changing” impacts of tobacco – all were subjects of letters to the editor this week.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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An IDEAL art show: Damariscotta’s Rising Tide Co-op has been on a roll of late with art shows in its cafe featuring art by local students, starting with the Great Salt Bay Community School exhibit that I wrote about in this column in January.

HOW TO FIX NATIONAL POLITICS

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We have a solution to all the problems in our national politics: make all decisions in an open town meeting.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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Good music, good food, and good company, part two: Two weeks ago, I wrote this column about the grand time I had in the fine little town of Boothbay Harbor while talking music with Cathy Sherrill, the executive director of The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, over lunch at Baker’s Way.


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