It is with regret that I comment on the death of four newspapers in our area.

It sounds like the only people qualified to be politicians better be self-contained and self-sustaining spiritually; or leave their souls at the doorway; or keep their lifestyles to themselves. (Unless they’re progressive liberals.)

We are preparing for the start of the Bus. Rt. 1 Sidewalk Project in Damariscotta.

This past Sunday morning, March 11, while collecting sap, I was greeted by the act of a thief. Twenty-five to 30 sap buckets, covers and taps were stolen from the Bristol Mills Cemetery. These pails have a catalog value of approximately $20 each so LCSO was called. I don’t expect their return.

We take a great deal of pride in our editorial page.

Like all traditional publications, most of our pages are a one-way conversation. We print information. You, the reader, review it.

For the record, when I elect a candidate to office, I expect them to vote on the first day of office. I expect all candidates to be following current legislation so they are prepared to vote on their first day. I expect them to have valid reasons for their vote.

As gas prices continue to rise I wonder if the Obama administration is listening to rural American people. We need affordable fuel in order to make a living. Plain and simple.

On Thursday evening, March 1, the Waldoboro Fire Department was activated to respond to a possible structure fire at 720 Winslow’s Mills Road. While enroute to the scene, we were advised that the resident was most likely still inside. Following this realization, a series of events led to the successful rescue of the occupant.

So the superintendent of schools doesn’t understand why Bristol voters downed their school budget.

It seems the political tide has turned in Maine; may the nation soon follow. To judge from the evidence of recent referenda and electoral results, our normally sensible Maine center has been shocked back to a more moderating posture – and perhaps even drawn slightly to the left.

We respect and wholeheartedly support the right of Bristol citizens to determine whether to institute a public 4-year-old (pre-K) program at their school. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

We are all wicked bummed out down here in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida… we’ve heard the awful sad news about “White Runner” and how there’s no good place to put a rivet because of the rust cancer.

Ultrasound technology has come a long way since I saw those first grainy pictures of my unborn daughter over 20 years ago. Still, I was blown away. Seeing those images on the screen never fail to amaze; that we could have a “window into the womb” is quite remarkable.

I read with much sadness of the impending end of pharmacy operations at Waltz Pharmacy on Main Street in Damariscotta. The loss of the last independent pharmacy in town is indeed a sad day.