The proposed merger of the Pemaquid Watershed Association involves risk. A risk is taken anticipating hoped for positive outcomes.

I am writing in response to the July 22 article “Midcoast animal shelters enter into management agreement.”

Splitting my time between homes on the Massachusetts/New Hampshire line and Harpswell, I have visited many animal shelters in several states, including the Coastal Humane Society in Brunswick.

Wells-Hussey American Legion Post and Unit 42 in Damariscotta would like to say thank the community for supporting their toll booth fundraiser Aug. 1.

The question of whether the Pemaquid Watershed Association should merge with four other conservation organizations is the most important decision the PWA membership has ever had to make.

The entire month of August generally always feels like the last weekend of vacation. Things are still suitably vacation-like but you can see the end coming.

We are sad to report that Dominik Lobkowicz will work his last day at The Lincoln County News Friday, Aug. 7.

In last week’s Lincoln County News it was announced that Wiscasset had received a $20,000 grant from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry to conduct an engineering study to create a plan for the protection of the wastewater treatment plant from flooding and sea-level rise.

I was born to a father who is an identical twin. He and his brother ran a lumberyard together in rural Minnesota for many decades. Sure there were arguments concerning priorities, ways to do things, credit policy, standards, equipment etc. over the years, but in the end things were better for both “Sliver” and “Splinter,” as they called themselves.

We have to admit it; part of us is rather enjoying the spectacle Donald Trump is making of himself as he careens around the political theater pretending to be a serious candidate for the most powerful office in the world.

As Abigail Adams reported last week, the Lincoln County Animal Shelter is moving forward in an ambitious and exciting way. Indeed, we have made great progress in the first half of 2015 and believe that the future is bright for our shelter.

It was with considerable interest that I read the article concerning the proposed merger of the five conservation land trusts.

Maine voters will be asked to decide whether to use ranked choice voting to fill State and federal elected positions. It’s time for us to adopt ranked choice voting, or RCV.

The U.S. egg industry is reeling from a colossal outbreak of avian flu, mostly among egg-laying chickens.

It seems everybody has an opinion related to the trials and travails of the interlocal public works agreement between Damariscotta and Newcastle.