To the Editor:

I oppose the construction of any of the three proposed Bypass alternatives for the following reasons:

a. The Dollar Cost of building any of the Bypass Alternatives: The approximate $100 million would be better spent on repairing existing roads and bridges.

While Congress works to address key energy and climate challenges facing our nation, news out of Washington suggests some lawmakers are once again looking for an easy out of making the serious decisions and taking the bold actions necessary to create a new clean energy economy. This leaves me feeling uneasy.

To the Editor:

Regarding the commentary “Should the state or federal government manage our recreational fisheries” by Rep. Leila Percy that ran in the 2/11/10 edition, I think some clarification is in order.

For many parents, 2009 was a year in which they watched good things happening in the lives of their children. Our schools are helping students eat healthier foods. There’s greater opportunity for children to be engaged in sports, music, dance or arts. Social events and networking keeps them connected their friends.

Just about every week in our area, someone is holding a fundraiser for someone or something.

It could be a capital improvement project, it could be a school related trip, or it could be to help a neighbor in need. There is seemingly no end to the good causes that cry out for support.

A friend of mine called me last week and told me that he had been working on the development of conceivable ways and means that hopefully, once and for all, would eliminate a world-wide problem plaguing the airline industry: birds flying into airplane engines with dire consequences.

Anyone in the business of responding to emergencies knows that seven minutes can literally mean the difference between life and death.

I was driving past Puffin Stop on Saturday, and noticed gas went from $2.81 to $2.89 a gallon, up eight-cents over night.

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.

Well, we won’t have Mary Bowers to kick around anymore. Looks like we won’t have Arthur Faucher to dust up, either.

Town managers and municipal superintendents walk a particularly fine line because they are responsible to the public and they usually serve at the whims of a board. They are the public face of their organization; the front line, rarely getting credit for good decisions and usually fielding an inordinate amount of grief for the bad ones.

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I would like to extend my gratitude to Sen. David Trahan (R-Waldoboro) for all his hard work during the past year creating and introducing a bill that would have implemented a free saltwater fishing license in Maine.