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

South Bristol will observe its 100th birthday this weekend with plenty to celebrate.

I was the organizer for Touch-a-Truck at the Wiscasset Speedway a few Sundays ago. You remember that beautiful summer day, don’t you? Torrential downpour, wicked wind chill, low 50s… not exactly your “end-of-June” weather, but we all braved it for the kids.

As a child I was taught early on what being part of a community was all about. Going to the CLC Rec was part of our everyday life. Whether it was being summoned by my Uncle Neil to help build the new playground, roller skating on Friday nights or going to senior group with my grandmother.

Reporters love breaking a story. Such thrills are the pounding heart of the profession.

We wish to say thank you to the Damariscotta policemen on duty at the municipal parking lot the night of the 4th of July.

Round Pond villagers and lovers of Round Pond enthusiastically supported the Save the Lupine Field campaign during the Fourth of July parade!

Nearly 240 years ago, our founding fathers declared our national independence from Great Britain. This Fourth of July, let’s declare our independence from the meat industry.

On Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m. in the Lincoln Academy dining commons, the L.A. Board of Trustees will host its annual open board meeting.

To the Editor:

The citizens of Waldoboro have a wonderful opportunity to hear the views, priorities and visions of the candidates for the open seats on our select board.

High school graduations, by their very nature, are bittersweet affairs. For the graduates it is a celebration of their life’s work to date; the formal demarcation between childhood and their launch into the great wide world.

To the Editor:

We have been struggling for the past year in Round Pond. Our village has tried to unite over the purchase of the last buildable lot facing our harbor. The people of Round Pond are skeptical that we can reach our goal of $380,000 by the middle of July this year!

It is said, by some who have moved around America, that racism is more blatant in the North than it is in the South. According to those sources, you are more likely to encounter outright, hostile racism in the North than you are in the South.

To the Editor:

The Round Pond Village Improvement Society (aka RPVIS) is trying to purchase the “Lupine Field” so it will be kept open and available for all. It is the last piece of unbuilt land on the harbor.