It has been a year since I moved away from “The Sister Villages,” and all my wonderful friends. I miss you all very much and would love to move back. Unfortunately, my children come first and they want me here in “wonderful Massachusetts.” Yuk.

We thank David Pope (LCN, Sept. 4, “Since they keep arguing, I need to keep responding”) for his willingness to engage in an exchange of facts and beliefs about the Route 218/Federal Street 6,000 pound weight limit issue.

He referred to a “detour” of “3 minutes of additional travel” caused by the 6,000 lb. limit on Route 218/Federal Street. Then he stated that “our little detour” has “no effect on the number of trucks going through Sheepscot.”

During an interview on July 30 with WGAN, Governor LePage was asked if he was concerned about investigation now underway to consider an impeachment process.

Not that long ago mankind relied on the environment for a calendar.

You knew it was time to plant and time to harvest by the moon and the stars; the smell and feel of the air and the movement of animals.

It seems many people confuse constitutional rights with getting what they want.

In our line, we see this most often when we decline to publish something for whatever reason. If it’s a letter, and it almost always is, one of the first complaints the writer will lodge is that we have violated their constitutional right to free speech.

For those of us for whom truth and justice are central to our lives, it is time to speak up in support of the righteous demand of the Penobscot people, asserting their sovereignty over their namesake river.

McDonald’s pledge last week to start using cage-free eggs is only a small step in preventing staggering suffering endured by millions of birds.

We have been every which way for the Pumpkinfest in the nine years of its existence.

I must respond to Craig Elliot’s letter regarding bicyclists. Route 130 is one of the few local roads with a paved shoulder (most of the way to the Point), and is therefore favored by cyclists.

As an avid cyclist, I ride on the road almost every day. Most motorists share the road in a kind and considerate way, moving over if they are able, and giving as much room as they comfortably can.

The lupines needed their field and the village saved it for them.

The budget woes of Two Bridges Regional Jail have been a consistent headline for the past seven years and a story veteran reporters could write in their sleep. Jail administrators and county officials have long lamented the influx of out-of-county inmates under jail consolidation, which the state was eager to take on but reluctant to pay for.

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.