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.

It’s hard to remember it now, but coming into the Blaine House on the heels of a professional politician seemingly duty bound to equivocate, Paul LePage was a breath of fresh air.

Once in awhile a person emerges in our midst who has such creativity and depth, that knowing them feels like a gift. Such a gift was Kelly Patton Brook.

It’s an April fool’s joke – right?

It is wonderful that the new field at Lincoln Academy is to be dedicated to the memory of such a wonderful man. (“Lincoln Academy to dedicate William A. Clark Field,” LCN, 9/17/15, Page 10B)