It’s town meeting time again.

Between now and June, Lincoln County residents across the county will have a chance to have their say in how their town is governed. Given the recent hullabaloo about local control, we think it’s only right to point out that the annual town meeting time is the ultimate in local control.

I read the article in your Feb. 3 edition about out of state delivery with interest. I have received the LCN for many years as a gift from my parents every year on my birthday, and last year began returning the favor by giving them a gift subscription of their own.

I commend Susan Connery and Jane Ross for submitting letters to the LCN that appeared in the Jan. 27 edition expressing their disappointment with Governor LePage’s recent “Kiss my butt” response to a reporter’s question.

We love Nancy Wilson.

Nancy, our long time Bremen correspondent and resident general-purpose curmudgeon at large, is as proud and independent as they come. We were alarmed by news of her first car accident Jan. 28 and even more concerned when we learned she had been in a second crash in Thomaston Feb. 5.

Under our representative democracy, it has been my understanding that people are generally encouraged to contact their elected representatives with concerns about legislative issues. After recently corresponding with (District 51 Rep.) Jonathan McKane, R-Newcastle, to express my opinion of proposed changes to the Maine Public Employees’ Retirement System, I was shocked at his terse and rude response.

Early in the legislative session I co-sponsored a bill that I thought, and was told by the sponsor, Sen. Brian Langley, would have made minor changes to laws necessary to conform with federal law related to regulating restaurants.

President Obama says abortion is a private decision and pledges his continued commitment to pro choice legislation.

How bad was it Friday night in Wiscasset and Dresden? It was serious, but fortunately not as bad as it might have been.

This is in response to Jason Simond’s letter a few weeks ago. I went to every one of the G.S.B. 8th grade boys’ basketball games this season. As I sat in the stands I heard a lot of remarks from the spectators on the bleachers. I heard people cheering on the boys and the teams they played on. I heard parents from our team and other teams whom we competed against saying that they wish that their team could just win one or two games in the season. I also heard people complaining about the refs making bad calls, both ways, at many of the games.

Kudos to our new governor this from a longtime “Independent” voter. To those who think he is crass, come on lighten up and smell the roses. He is a diamond in the rough. Look at his first act; to stop the influx of people hoping to get on our benevolent welfare system.

It is said that a quick way to find out what the community is talking about is a glance at the editorial page. We would say that an even better way to find out what is going on is go to a community supper.

When I signed the petition to develop a five member assessors’ board last fall, my only stipulation was that it would not cost anything to do this.

According to Maine Public Radio, our distinguished legislature recently spent an hour plus debating the merits of making the Whoopie pie the state’s official dessert. Do they really have nothing better to do?

Our last fuel oil delivery, on Feb. 1, 2011 cost us $3.25 per gallon, 65 cents higher than the rate exactly a year ago. I am certain most of your readers are having a similar experience. Heating the average Maine home is forecast to cost an estimated $200 more than last winter. Therefore it may be of interest that my fuel consumption for this winter to date (Feb. 1) is 22 percent lower than for the winter 2009/10, as of the same date. This, in spite of the fact that the current winter has been a lot colder so far.