To the Editor:

I have always been proud to be a Great Salt Bay parent, and have been singing the school’s praises for the eight years my children have been students there. Now the research backs up my parental enthusiasm.

To the Editor:

In November, Damariscotta and Newcastle residents, who share a municipal water system, will vote on whether to retain fluoride in that system.

We live in an interesting time when the need for public relief is as great as it has ever been, greater by volume than even the famed Great Depression; at the same time the shared resources for helping the public are stretched thinner than ever.

A letter by Mr. Galen Rose speaks of what makes sense and does not. (“Faith, not ‘sense’,” LCN, 9/15/11, Page 4).

In November, residents in Newcastle and Damariscotta will have an important decision to make – to vote on whether or not to continue adding fluoride to the municipal water supply. This is a significant issue that deserves the thoughtful attention of every member of the community and participation of all eligible voters.

I am writing to applaud Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett for going out of his way to assist me.

The cancellation of the MaineDOT plans for a bypass around Wiscasset means that those who wanted the bypass, and those who opposed a bypass (anywhere), now need to work together to help reduce the traffic congestion. Realizing that the summer delays are not worth the dollar and human cost of building a bypass, they are still excessive, and must be reduced.

It seems Gov. LePage’s administration is developing a track record of making jaw-dropping announcements regarding Rt. 1. In March DOT Commissioner David Bernhardt announced the state would immediately stop supporting the development of the long running Gateway 1 project.

The letter that Lisa Hunt wrote, “Enough is Enough,” (LCN, 7/28/11, Page 4) hit the nail on the head. It seems that Washington has become so terribly irresponsible and the incompetent people presently running the House and Senate have no idea that they are playing/talking about other people’s income.

So the American voter loses again. That is not a “debt ceiling,” it is a “debt target,” and the bumbling buffoons in Washington now have over two trillion dollars more to spend.

We urge the voters of South Bristol to adopt the proposed Comprehensive Plan at the town Meeting Referendum Vote on Mon., Aug. 8 at the South Bristol School.

The voters of Wiscasset rejected this year’s (RSU 12) budget. Hopefully this will send a message for RSU 12’s next budget.

We will just be completing production on this week’s edition of The Lincoln County News when the friends and family of Dustin Osier convene in the gymnasium at Medomak Middle School to celebrate his life.

What was Hurricane Irene had barely arrived in Maine before complaints started flying back and forth about how over-hyped the danger was.