Hello, friends and neighbors!
One last reminder about events planned on Westport Island for Saturday, April 29 at the Old Town Hall:
GIVE IT A CHANCE
As we inch closer to another summer of cars inching through Wiscasset (and Edgecomb and sometimes Newcastle), the Maine Department of Transportation is facing opposition at every turn in its latest effort to ease this historic traffic jam.
At the Speedway 2017 season kicks off at Wiscasset Speedway
Spring has finally taken hold in southern and central Maine, just in time for the start of the 2017 season at Wiscasset Speedway. As fans and drivers have come to expect the past few years, they will be greeted once again by several upgrades and changes to Maine’s fastest track.
Waste Watch
We had another very busy Saturday at the transfer station. I have two suggestions that will help to reduce the length of the line that develops on Saturdays.
Ponder & Stir
“For a tall person the world is a very dirty place because no one bothers to clean above 6’2”.” — Arianne Cohen
Lincoln County Artsbeat
“By far the greatest number of my poems speak from the heart of a child. That’s probably why students relate to them so well; but adults do too, which makes me suspect that the child we were is still very much alive within each of us.” – South Bristol poet Arden G. Thompson, in the introduction to her 1989 book “Watching Ants.”
From the Legislature No Easy Answers for Maine
Sen. Dana Dow
More than a decade ago, voters approved a referendum to require the state to fund at least 55 percent of public education costs. Last November we passed Question 2 as a means of providing an additional $123 million for our classrooms. This goes to show that funding our public schools remains a top priority for all Mainers, myself included.
Truckin’ in America
Well, it’s here. I think it’s here. Well, maybe it’s here … SPRING! Folks, I’ve seen the sun and it even felt warm. I knew that new GPS I bought to help find SPRING was money well-spent! Many thanks on last week’s scribblin’, these are desperate times when it comes to me writing I’ll tell ya. I mean, potholes and frost heaves and toothpicks and politics, they all can rile ya a bit one way or another for sure!
A Clear Message to Assad
John Kerry said they were gone, and Susan Rice reported a few months ago that all chemical weapons had been removed from the Syrian bases.
Patriot’s Day – Lest We Forget
As this is being written, the anniversary of Patriot’s Day – April 19, 1775 – is rapidly approaching. The holiday has nothing to do with the football team of the same name, but considering how little some people know about its origin, it might as well, and would not be out of place in our spectator sports culture. For others, it is just another three-day weekend or an excuse for yet another sale to buy even more things that they probably don’t need and are not really sure they want.
DO WE OR DON’T WE?
Damariscotta residents need to decide whether they want to welcome new development and what kind of development they want to allow.
Another View Standing on the Curb
The April Fools’ Day snow lay about 3 inches deep in our driveway when we left Bristol Sunday morning. My aunt had called a week before to tell us that Lewis, my 92-year-old uncle, would be flying to Baltimore with Honor Flight Maine and would return on Sunday, April 2.
Nature Notes
I think we all have a closeness to the friendly, inquisitive chipmunk; the little hustler, nose to the ground, gleans seeds under our bird feeders. The chipmunk is recognized by adults and youth alike; it seems everyone enjoys watching it skirmish with songbirds or other chipmunks and it’s difficult to ignore its strong commitment to hoarding for its winter sustenance.
Talkin’ Trash A column submitted by Pemaquid Watershed Association’s Keep Pemaquid Peninsula Beautiful Initiative
Green leaves and beautiful flowers of all colors are springing forth as the snow recedes from our roadsides. As wonderful as this sight is, there’s also a downside: the litter that spoils the view. We’ve seen it all: the cans, bottles, wrappers, cups, lids, straws, cigarette butts, plastic bags, cutlery, and so on, ad nauseum.
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