Newcastle voters will have the opportunity to make some serious and important decisions regarding how Newcastle is governed and spends its hard earned tax dollars next Monday, March 30. The polls will open at the Newcastle Community Room at the Fire Station on River Rd at 10 a.m. and will close at 6 p.m.

I endorse Casey Stevens of Newcastle for Selectman.

Casey firmly believes that taxpayer dollars must be spent wisely and our town government must be truly transparent. Casey believes that Newcastle residents deserve a monthly accountability of funds spent by posting what is spent each month on the town’s web site and available as a handout at the town office.

As a former Trustee of the Waldoboro Public Library, I wish to thank you for your excellent article in last week’s The Lincoln County News. All of us are very proud of our new library and the ever increasing use of this building.

Being an independent voter I followed your campaign very closely and came to the conclusion that I would support you if you were running for President of my college fraternity. Your charm and charisma would certainly attract an ample supply of ladies to our parties and your glib oratory would keep us from harms-way with college officials when we drifted into Animal House activities.

The time has come to do something about the bottleneck traffic situation in Wiscasset. It should and could be done now.

On Friday, March 20, we Alna residents will vote for town officers, including Second Selectman. I am running for Second Selectman because I want to keep taxes low, preserve Alna’s heritage, and put Alna online.

“Cockamamie:” “ludicrous, nonsensical”, American Heritage Dictionary.

The Newcastle Selectmen have apparently decided not to put the proposed Village Center zoning changes to March Town Meeting. That’s a sound decision, but probably won’t end the matter.

Healthy Kids has been serving Lincoln County families since 1985 with parent education, home visiting, and school-based programs whose mission is to strengthen families and prevent child abuse. The current budget environment has significantly impacted Healthy Kids and led to restructuring and staffing changes.

Seems the stimulus bill package includes monies for those $40 coupons to purchase digital television conversion boxers. If you read about these boxes, the words, “available from $40-60” is noted. In reality, they are not available here for $40 and the taxpayer ends up paying the $20 plus out of pocket.

A suggestion to a very noisy nation, (in more ways than one): Quietly contemplate your constitution.

The letters on these pages of LCN have resonated from differing words through rational or scriptural eyes. Although there may be more ways to come to agreement, it hasn’t happened yet.

Right up there with, “you call that music?”, “now, that was real dancing!” and the classic “close that door, did you grow up in a barn?”, one of the most time honored parental refrains is “money doesn’t grow on trees.”

On Jan. 27, the voters of Jefferson showed their approval of the Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) plan for the Lincoln County School System by an overwhelming margin.

On behalf of everyone at Youth Promise, I would like to sincerely thank all the members of the Lincoln County community that supported and attended our show, Guys in Gowns, Feb. 7.

The water was likely still dripping through the ceiling at the Damariscotta Hannaford’s before rumors were flying around town.

Initial reports received here at The Lincoln County News office outlined a collapsed ceiling with people uninjured. The truth of the matter was far less dramatic. After workers discovered a problem, store officials determined there was a public safety issue and decided to close the store until the situation could be stabilized.