We would like to thank all who were involved in the incredibly successful supper and yard sale benefit for the late Mikie Simmons Aug. 28. Although the outcome inevitably was not what we had hoped, it was a wonderful tribute to Mikie.

I’m writing in response to Mr. Michael Uhl’s letter “Send Democrats to Augusta and Washington” which appeared in the Sept. 9 edition of the LCN. I was especially taken by his statement “folks paying their fair share.”

To the Editor:Having been involved in politics and having attended party conventions, I learned two things. Conventions are free drinks and food at a candidate’s hospitality suites. Party platforms are a joke and no candidate adheres to them. Paul LePage is no more committed to the Republican platform than Libby Mitchell is to the Democrat […]

We give Thomas Steele-Maley credit; if he’s right, and no one will know for years exactly how right or wrong he is, he has dreamed up a model for a 21st-century education.

“It’s the economy, stupid:” a phrase used by the 1992 Clinton campaign. Could there be any phrase more appropriate today here in Maine?

It is this country’s belief that if you subsidize something, it will eventually get better. Does anyone believe the stimulus was for the poor?

Most people are convinced politicians are out of touch. It is easy to believe big wheels like the President and the Senators and Congressmen don’t relate to the average man/woman. In light of the amount of money it takes to run for a federal office, we concede the point.

I want to thank Ellen Dickens for her letter highlighting my vote against the gigantic bond package of 2009. I’m proud of it – it’s not easy voting against hordes of lobbyists and special interests all demanding more taxpayer money. (“Jon McKane voting record,” Page 4)

To the Editor:

Did you know that Deb Sanderson was running for State Representative?

To the Editor:

Have you ever driven on School Street in Damariscotta? Well I have and I do it on a daily basis.

To the Editor:

The Wiscasset Municipal Planning and Codes budgets will be voted separately on Sept. 14.

To the Editor:

My dream started in Feb. 2009. That’s more than one and a half year ago.

I was 14 years old and at school, then I saw this information table with flyers about a “High School Year in the USA.” Sounded interesting for me and I began to read. Soon I came to the decision to go 10 months abroad.

To the Editor:

A few months ago I threw a bottle with a letter containing my name and phone number into the Damariscotta River at the Newcastle bridge.

To the Editor:

Olde Bristol Days would not have been as successful as it was this year without the hard work and dedication of Bristol Parks Commissioner Gordon Benner.