We would like to thank the community for their splendid help in making the Hearts for Haiti dinner on Feb. 12 a huge success.

I was so sorry to read about the resignation of Mary Bowers as Superintendent of Great Salt Bay Sanitary District, particularly since it resulted from having to work the past five years in an adversarial relationship with one of the trustees.

As of this writing, it has been exactly 252 days since Steven Kaler’s truck crossed the center line and collided head-on with a Jeep operated by Harold Benner on Union Road (Rt. 235) in Waldoboro, killing the 63-year-old grandfather instantly.

July 8, 1988, my 65th birthday; a day I will never forget. I watched the TV to see a young man arrested for a crime he did not commit. Since that day I have felt that a miscarriage of justice was done, but I also felt that it would be straightened out.

To the Editor:

Well, the RSU 12 budget was voted down again for a fourth time. Now, the school board feels it’s the voter’s fault that the RSU doesn’t have an approved budget. So the board wants to get rid of us voters and approve their own budget. How about that?

This corner has been extremely critical of the state’s school consolidation effort.

To the Editor:

We all knew it would just be a matter of time before the topic of same sex marriage moved to the front burner again.

To the Editor:

On Monday, March 1 Miles Memorial Hospital League begins a new era. This is the opening day for our new Thrift Shop/Rummage Sale at the Wheeler Building, 114 Church St. Damariscotta.

To the Editor:

As thorough as the story was and with wonderful pictures of members of the Elder Power network I find it a little disconcerting that Mr. Gelarden mentions that other professionals in the area questioned the qualifications of the caregivers of Elder Power.

We would love to be the good news newspaper. We would love to be the good news newspaper all the time. Unfortunately, news doesn’t work like that.

Changing Newcastle’s fiscal year from January-December to July-June will effect the timing of the annual town meeting and the terms of elected municipal officials and appointments.

To the Editor:

When I was a child, I, like so many others, marched in parades with my little American flag, proud to be an American.

To the Editor:

About 90 Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 voters turned out Jan. 16 to discuss and adopt a budget for the current school year.

When you read a book, do you read just a sentence or two in a paragraph, selectively? Do you read just a paragraph or two from a chapter? I think not. More likely than not, you read the entire book, from prologue to epilogue. Why not pick up a Bible and read it from Genesis to Revelation? Everything is in there, from dog vomit to eternal salvation. Think of the myriad topics between those two extremes.