May I be allowed to voice my appreciation to all our unsung heroes, both men and women, who protect our homes from fire and sometimes medical emergencies? Not the civil service, paid firefighters, but all those men and women who volunteer to man our fire stations throughout this wonderful state.

We are happy to welcome another new business to Lincoln County this week. Riverside Butcher Co. will open in the space on Main Street formerly home to Narragansett Leathers and Tori Anna Designs.

I’m writing today to announce a great improvement in our care, and to ask for your patience.

The proposed dog park was voted down at the Bristol town meeting. Following my presentation, discussion was dominated by three people who could only foresee dog fights, people getting injured, lawsuits, huge piles of dog poo, and a river of dog urine.

The man responsible for the oversight of what are perhaps the two foremost summertime destinations in Lincoln County fell three votes short of re-election Monday.

I live in an old coastal town in the county of Kent, England, Great Britain, called Broadstairs.

I am writing to you as a part of a class project involving the novel “The Watsons Go to Birmingham.” My classmates and I are contacting newspapers located across the country in a state that we chose to learn more about. I wanted to learn more about Maine and what it is like to live there. I want to visit there to truly experience life on the coast.

I am very excited that Maine citizens have the option to select ranked-choice voting for elections. When a ballot includes three or more candidates for a seat, ranked-choice voting allows each citizen to stipulate their first, second, and third choice for that seat – or as many choices as there are candidates.