There have been numerous articles in The Lincoln County News concerning the budget cuts at Great Salt Bay School.

We have been snickering to ourselves around the office, ever since careercast.com issued its latest list of the best and worst jobs in America April 24.

Two of us, Trudi Hodkins and I, had made arrangements for the past several years for what we thought was becoming an expected traditional Memorial Day observance at the Jefferson Veterans’ Memorial.

I’d like to thank the many people and organizations who made the Fish Ladder Restoration Festival a great success. Special appreciation goes to our sponsors, who provided much-needed support for the festival.

Many coaches, competitors, family members and friends spent the bulk of their Monday holiday working.

It comes dressed in the trappings of summer and smells like a barbecue and suntan lotion, but really, Memorial Day is the most somber of our national holidays.

Please publish this letter as an acknowledgement of the Weymouth House’s beautiful work of providing inexpensive homemade meals to the local gentry almost every Friday at noon.

On Sunday, May 12, I visited my parents’ graves only to find two white antique urns missing. The urns had been in place for at least 30 years in the West Bristol Cemetery in Walpole. It’s hard to imagine that anyone would steal something from a cemetery, but owing to the state of our world today, I guess anything is possible.

Another three-day weekend coming up but I would remind all your readers this Monday is also Memorial Day. The day that we honor all those brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our country.

In the past two weeks, Lincoln Theater has presented three incredibly magnificent ballet productions. The first two were different versions of the ballet “Swan Lake.” In the first we were treated to the marvelous choreographer and dancer Rudolph Nureyev as he partnered the ever-exquisite Margot Fonteyn: a partnership made in heaven! Having seen them perform many times, I was still awestruck.

When my in-laws gave Red Sox tickets to my wife and me at Christmas, we were thankful for and appreciative of their gift. At the time, we did not realize what opportunity the tickets, dated April 20, would represent.

Like many Americans, we were riveted by the events in Boston last week. The bombing, the investigation, the gunfight, the lockdown, the manhunt, the arrest, the celebration; it was white knuckle stuff.

This past weekend, when he was presented with a handmade quilt as a thank you for his service to the country 70-some years ago, Jefferson resident Shirley Sutherburg made the comment that nobody seemingly cared all that much when he returned home.

First, I would like to enthusiastically thank Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett and Bath Police Chief Mike Field for their ongoing, outspoken support and advocacy for children and families. Their awareness and perspective as they speak from their professional and volunteer standpoints do so much to increase awareness of the impact early intervention can have in our communities and our futures.