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From the editor

More good things

Last week I wrote about some positive things happening in the communities and this week, the trend continues. We are so glad that people reach out to us with news that we either don’t hear about or...

From the assistant editor

That’s the spirit

Leave it to our towns and residents to still find it in them this year, to feel festive and help others to. COVID-19 may change this year’s holidays, justifiably so for safety, but the roadside...

’Round Town

Fall reflections

Reflecting has always been a fall thing for me. I'm not sure why, but leaf changes, cooler temperatures and shorter days make me think back over the year. Something about how summer ends. The autumn...

A Bird’s Tale

Nature-based Climate Solutions Help Birds

When it comes to climate change, we know that the most important thing that we humans can do is to dramatically cut down the amount of carbon we are injecting into the atmosphere. But we also know...

Joe’s Journal

Week 32 – A political travesty

Thank the Almighty. It won’t be much longer until it’s over. In a week or so, the calendar turns to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It will be Election Day. By then, many...

letter to the editor

Put Hawke back in the House

Dear Editor: When Stephanie Hawke was our State Rep a few years ago she quickly earned a reputation for outstanding constituent service. No problem was too large or too small. She always followed up...

letter to the editor

Hawke will work for all

Dear Editor: When Stephanie Hawke was very young she was strongly passionate about helping people and animals. As she grew up those qualities blossomed and were joined by common sense and good...

letter to the editor

Vote for Hawke

Dear Editor: I almost never get involved in politics. But this year I’m making an exception. I urge my friends and neighbors to bring back Stephanie Hawke as our District 89 State Representative....

letter to the editor

Half-truth?

Dear Editor: I was astonished to read in a recent letter from Stephanie Hawke of a “current giveaway program that provides free automobiles for welfare recipients.” No such program exists. Because...

letter to the editor

We need Stephanie Hawke

Dear Editor: Being a lobsterman for the last 45 years, I would ask you to support Stephanie Hawke for House Seat 89 in the Maine legislature. In my opinion, never during those years, has the Maine...

letter to the editor

Holly Stover is there when you need her

Dear Editor: I am writing to express my support for Holly Stover in her efforts to be re-elected as our House Representative in District 89. I have known Holly for over 50 years, having attended...

letter to the editor

Stover gives it her all

Dear Editor: Rep. Holly Stover chose to become one of my parents when I was 10 years old. There’s something special about people who choose to be parents to non-biological children; the ability to...

letter to the editor

Stand with Chloe Maxmin

Dear Editor: When I first heard about the false polling against Chloe Maxmin, I was outraged. Negative politics already is raging across this country, turning what might be productive and...

letter to the editor

Lincoln County needs Stover

Dear Editor: As Sheriff and a law enforcement leader here in Lincoln County, particularly one that has spent many hours interacting with our legislature, I have been sincerely impressed with Holly...

letter to the editor

Stover deserves a second term

Dear Editor: As we close in on the final days of the most consequential election of our lifetimes, one cannot overstate the importance of our representation at all levels of government. Here in...

letter to the editor

Vote for Stephanie Hawke

Dear Editor: I attended Boothbay region schools for 12 years. During those years Stephanie Hawke was a strong supporter of the school, our class, and many of my classmates. We could always count on...

letter to the editor

Stover has made a difference for District 89

Dear Editor: We are excited to have this opportunity to endorse Holly Stover’s re-election to the Maine State House of Representatives District 89 this November. Holly has been a crucial factor in...

letter to the editor

A tough decision but voting for Hawke

Dear Editor: A big decision for District 89! 2020 has become a year we would all like to forget. The pandemic has everyone on edge, businesses are on the brink, and the political environment is...

letter to the editor

Re-elect Holly Stover

Dear Editor: It is my pleasure to write a letter of support for the re-election of Holly Stover, for House District 89. I have known Holly for a long time — since our moms — Mrs. Brewer and Mrs....

letter to the editor

I support Stephanie Hawke

Dear Editor: I support Stephanie Hawke for House. I have watched Stephanie grow from a little girl to a kind, caring, loving adult. When someone has an issue she will help them resolve it and lead...

letter to the editor

Stover supports gender equality

Dear Editor: What is good for gender equality is good for the economy and society as a whole. COVID-19 has affected the work lives of women disproportionately and the economic fallout that has...

letter to the editor

A vote for Holly Stover

Dear Editor:We are fortunate in our region to have dedicated people serving their community. Holly Stover stands in the top with them. She is dedicated to helping all people of the region, including...

letter to the editor

Maxmin models democracy ideals

Dear Editor: For most towns and cities in Maine, the school budget is the largest expense a community faces year after year. And the big ticket item in the school budget, just after personnel, is...

letter to the editor

Just a sample

Dear Editor: Have we, in the last six months, had a taste of life in a socialist state? The state government dictating all aspects of our lives. Where we can and cannot go. High unemployment. Who...

letter to the editor

Holly Stover gets my vote

Dear Editor: Along with stating the obvious, such as her long history of caring and doing for our community, Holly Stover’s intelligence, grace, and openness to her constituents — embracing our...

letter to the editor

Vote to save the earth

Dear Editor: Election Day: our responsibility to decide what sort of future we want and will leave to the next generation. It is acutely obvious that the two options are ideologically opposed, not...

letter to the editor

Voting for Sara Gideon

Dear Editor: I want a U.S. Senator who protects me. Why should the greatest tax breaks benefit the wealthiest? What about struggling middle-class workers? Who will protect pre-existing conditions...

letter to the editor

Stephanie Hawke for state representative

Dear Editor: I support Stephanie Hawke for state representative. Stephanie is an advocate for small business in the region, which I have witnessed this firsthand living and working in Boothbay and...

letter to the editor

Vote to change the U.S. Senate

Dear Editor:I heard most of an interview with Susan Collins on NPR last week in which she positioned herself as a hurt and outraged victim of her opponent, Sara Gideon. She stated that Gideon’s...

Fleeing to Maine from climate disasters

Maine’s climate plan must address growing number of people moving here in wake of catastrophes elsewhere

What do you do when the place you call home becomes unlivable? Tens of millions of Americans will face this wrenching choice over the coming decades as they contend with climate-fueled disasters such...

From the editor

Good things

We wish to thank Boothbay Region Water District and specifically its general manager, Jon Ziegra, for this week’s article on the water system and the drought conditions. With what 2020 has negatively...

From the assistant editor

The all in ballot

I’ve been noticing Maine veterans’ license plates more lately, not that there are more of the plates or that they don’t usually catch my eye. I guess I have just lingered a little longer than usual...

Joe’s Journal

Week 31 – It’s heating up

As we mark the 31st week of hiding in our homes from COVID-19, it is a beautiful fall day. A chilly breeze ruffles the leaves as the nuthatches try to hang on to the feeder. Mums stand guard by the...

’Round Town

The Wizard

Some weekend, when you are looking for something to do, try a short adventure drive to the fascinating “Wizard of Odds and Ends” antiques extravaganza in Head Tide. It is the first right after the...

A Bird’s Tale

An African Migrant Bird in Our Midst – the Northern Wheatear

Maybe it’s just the name: wheatear. Or maybe it came from looking at the illustration and reading about it in our old “Peterson Field Guide to the Birds” when we were first becoming birders. But...

Political letters deadline

The deadline for political letters to the editor for the Nov. 3 election is Monday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. No political letters will be published online after Oct. 19 or in the newspaper after Oct. 22.

letter to the editor

Proud to vote for Stover

Dear Editor: It is my honor to offer my endorsement of Holly Stover’s re-election for House District #89. Holly operates with a strong moral compass and serves in the best interest of the people in...

letter to the editor

Holly Stover: A good choice

Dear Editor: In 2018, the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, South Bristol (part), Southport, and Westport Island elected Holly Stover to represent us in Augusta. Holly took her lifetime...

letter to the editor

Vote for Gideon

Dear Editor: I support Sara Gideon because she has championed expanding health care access, affordable prescription drugs, and reproductive health care. She has also sponsored bipartisan legislation...

letter to the editor

Flashback to the USSR

Dear Editor: I grew up in Lithuania under Soviet occupation. My grandfather spent ten years in Siberian gulags for “crimes” fabricated by the communist party. He left behind my mom as a toddler and...

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