I was a visitor in your area during the last week of May. While there, I became ill and needed to be admitted to hospital.

This letter is to express my deepest concerns regarding the proposal to remove trees on the Chewonki Campground property in Wiscasset, potentially eliminating 23 of the 47 campground sites for airport expansion.

If you thought you heard a loud, collective groan earlier this week, you probably did.

The older we get, the more we are convinced Mom was right about everything. As we have learned over the years, tuck your shirt in, eat your vegetables, and stand up straight are all proven winners.

As a veteran of the Vietnam War, I was very upset last Thursday that I found an American Flag in the garbage can at Mike’s Place in Newcastle on Route 1. Whoever threw this flag away has no respect for our country.

As a parent I am very concerned about toxic chemicals in our everyday products that could have serious health effects on my children. We try to be careful consumers and limit our children’s exposure to harmful chemicals.

Sitting at the Clean Elections petition table on primary day offered some interesting discussions. Many people were grateful to be able to modify an existing law in order to obtain disclosures of the large out-of-state donors, who withhold disclosure of their donors.

While my husband and I were having lunch this fall, a lady with a red scarf arrived and came to our table. She said I looked so pretty and I should have the scarf and put it around my neck.

I was disturbed to read in The Lincoln County News the details of the Wiscasset Airport Master Plan under consideration by the Wiscasset’s Board of Selectmen.

Because life goes the way it goes, we are fast running out of World War II veterans.

As a Maine land owner and long time resident, I’ve asked Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap to change the wording of the ballot question for the “fair bear hunting referendum.” Any wording that makes it sound as though the law would ban bear hunting is misleading and does not accurately represent what the people have asked for with their signatures.

This is a plea, now that local and primary elections have been held, for all candidates for office in the November elections to put away their campaign signs for the summer. After a while, especially after the signs multiply as the voting day nears, these signs become obnoxious.

This week we have a sobering letter from Bristol resident Phil Averill on the dire need for volunteers to help Olde Bristol Days get off the ground this year.

When is “common sense” not common sense? When it is factually wrong.