We like the way James Doughty is going about trying to establish a wolf-dog hybrid reserve in Bristol.

He has been up front with his neighbors. He has been straightforward with the town. He has promised to take extra security measures to secure his charges and protect the public and he has answered sometimes hostile questions. At the very least, he is sensitive to the local concerns.

To the Editor:

I have found out that I was wrong about the Bristol school budget in my letter in last week’s paper.

If the oil industry in this country were under the same degree of regulations and policing as the Commercial Fishing Industry here in Maine, the disaster in the Gulf would have never happened. Maine fishermen are regulated, to the point of being just plain stupid.

To the Editor:

I support Les Otten for governor. Let me explain why.

As the Damariscotta Health Officer I would like to respond to some concerns that have been raised regarding the addition of fluoride to our town water.

To the Editor:

In tough economic times, people need and use libraries and their free services more than ever.

For a state with citizens screaming for tax reform, our legislators seem to be making precious little progress overhauling the tax code.

To the Editor:

There is only one candidate in either party who has actually run a “real” business, and has succeeded in the executive branch of government.

I was talking to a friend at a convenience store last week. She asked me what I had been up to. “Besides working to pay my taxes,” I said, “I’ve been involved with the “Yes on 1″ campaign.”

To the Editor:

On June 8, we who live in Waldoboro have a chance to reaffirm our public library’s importance by voting for town funding.

On June 8, Maine people will be asked to repeal the recently enacted, “so-called’ tax reform.

To the Editor:

Candidate’s night last Thursday was quite an experience for me. It is far different being on the candidate side of the table.

Thank you so much for your recent article on my friend and former Berklee College of Music instructor Charles Chapman the Guitar Man. He is not only impressive musically, but his humor and generosity of spirit are the qualities that brought the subjects he taught at Berklee to life.

From my first time in the Legislature, in 1996, I have been frustrated by our antiquated tax system and the seeming lack of Legislative will to fix something that is no longer working.