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People need to read our Constitution!

Our forefathers wanted to keep government small and controlled by the people, with elected representatives. We have too many…

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The rally held on the Boothbay Common on Saturday, April 19 was a bad idea. 

It's one thing to exercise our Freedom of Speech. It's another…

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I am writing to urge voters to become more informed on the upcoming November referendum on absentee voting.

If this referendum becomes law, you’d no longer be able to…

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Under budgeting of expected revenue in the Edgecomb school budget is a serious…

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I would like to echo the Brennans' support, for Forrest Carver as he runs for selectman in the town of…

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Our Senator, Susan Collins, is the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. That committee will hold a session on Biomedical Research: Keeping America's Edge on April 30.…

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You think you are immune from the atrocities that the Trump administration is doing. Think again.…

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Victoria "Tory" Paxson is a BRHS graduate, the parent of a BRES student, and an engaged and committed community member who cares very much about the future of our schools. I’m…

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I’m writing to ask that you vote for Peggy Splaine for re-election to the consolidated Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor School Committee, (the CSD) at the election to be held on…

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I have a worldwide reputation as a designer of recreational boat electrical systems. I work with a local company in Woolwich to supply equipment for these projects. I…

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I would like to thank Senator Collins for her leadership in supporting access to telehealth services by introducing the bipartisan Connect for Health Act along with 59 other…

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Special thanks to Leigh Sherrill for her years of Southport columns. Her love of the people and place shone through every week. It has been a while since our parents lived on…

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In 2017 the Edgecomb School Board embarked on a program to increase the number of nonresident tuition students attending the Edgecomb Eddy School.  Apparently, this…

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Monopoly of political power is the defining characteristic of all dictatorships.

Minority parties have used and corrupted democratic institutions, where they pre-existed…

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Americans are faced with the paradox of dealing with enemies of an open society while maintaining those ideals that define that society. Such is the…

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Who’s afraid of the big-bad-governor?

Wielding the sword of corruption.

The no-bid contracts/audit scandal is nothing.

The Red Chinese pot growing…

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We are writing to support the candidacy of Forrest Carver for the Edgecomb Select Board. As a lifelong resident of Edgecomb, Forrest demonstrates a broad understanding of the…

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In a recent letter to the editor, Denise Griffin makes a number of inaccurate and misleading accusations about the financial management of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor School…

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Regarding the…

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In the third week of March, I found that there was an open seat on the Water District Board of Trustees. That was past the date to file papers.

This…

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Another mechanism whereby the Edgecomb school board creates large surpluses is the over budgeting of expenses. The most obvious example is the over budgeting of…

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It’s game overtime. Do not allow the cocaine sniffing, hot tub culture to rain on our parade. Trend setters and profit takers. Wall Street bows to and worships Wall Street. The…

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Are sending towns willing to pay more than the state tuition rate to send their students to BRHS? Our school board and trustees should be asking that simple and straightforward…

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I like to think there are three types of people's personal finances.

1- The type who…

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I am writing to encourage people to use common sense. Years ago I read a book about the inner workings of our government. Politicians on both sides are controlled by their…

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I have made a mistake. I misunderstood the water district's website. I though that Holly Stover had an ex-officio position because she is our representative. I filed nomination…

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To my fellow Edgecomb residents:

I am excited to announce my…

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In one of his…

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I, along with countless other former Boy Scouts who had the privilege of having Joe Stover as our Scout Master, were saddened to learn of his recent passing…

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Many of you may have heard about the recent cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).  This federal organization has the mission to “advance, support,…

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Things in the East Boothbay United Methodist Church are rocking!

This coming Sunday, Palm Sunday, we are hosting a community breakfast at 9 a.m. where everyone of all…

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As a Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library trustee, I strongly oppose any efforts to defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an institution vital to the success…

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How could our school superintendent run up an architect’s bill of over $200,000 without any prior board approval, potentially leaving local taxpayers on the hook?

And…

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I listened closely to the March 24 joint Trustee/CSD school board budget meeting. Here are my takeaways:

The proposed FY26 school is up a whopping 9.2% excluding…

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Shakespeare may not have been right.

Based on the current kerfuffle between the administration and the legal firms, maybe the smart move may…

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The term “woke” is a racial slur. It is used by reactionary populists to suppress the American ideals of freedom and equality. The idea that having empathy for minorities has…

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Year after year, the Edgecomb school board creates large surpluses by under budgeting revenue and over budgeting expenses. The most obvious example is the underbudgeting of…

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I just started reading O’Reilly’s book "Confronting the Presidents."

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I want to echo Tom Perkins remarks about dialogue with Wiscasset about education for Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor students. The quality in terms of breadth and depth of…

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We have a reality star as president. He cares not about the facts but only about the spectacle. Several times he has been quoted recently as saying “This will make good TV.”…

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April 6-12 is National Library Week, and I/we would like to give a big round of applause to the hard-working staff of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library! They are…

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Town meeting as the customary construct of local governance has a revered history across the state of Maine. By 1652, Plymouth Colony requested townsmen settled in Maine (a…

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The last Edgecomb Education Department audit, dated June 30, 2022, showed a surplus in the school’s general fund of $669,331. Since then, the underbudgeting of expected tuition…

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Officials from Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor should be applauded for reaching out to Wiscasset to discuss the future of education in our area.…

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I am a second-term, populist president who publicly speculates about an unconstitutional third term.

Mass incarceration of criminals without due process is my top policy…

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Over 150 years ago, a relative of mine was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election. She argued that citizens who pay taxes should have the…