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Dear Editor:
Two recent decisions by the Boothbay Harbor Planning Board chairman seem ill advised and one illegal. As I wrote in a previous letter I was chairman of the Edgecomb Planning…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I am supporting Charlotte Nutt for State Representative because I believe our community would benefit from having someone in Augusta who understands the Midcoast firsthand and…
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Dear Editor:
I recently drove Charlotte Nutt, candidate for Maine House District 48, as she canvassed voters throughout South Bristol. We stopped at over 20 homes and, time after time, I…
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Dear Editor:
An enumerated power of the federal government of the United States is to coin money and “To…
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Dear Editor:
The TV attack ads being run by our current senator against Troy Jackson could not be more false and misleading. Troy Jackson is a quiet, respectful, hard-working Mainer who has…
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Dear Editor:
There are more people in our country being rightly concerned about fluoride in our drinking water supplies. Florida was the first state to ban fluoride in their water due to…
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Dear Editor:
The RISE program presented five options for the Boothbay peninsula.
Option One, looking at our region’s broader economy was not among those chosen to move forward…
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Dear Editor:
I am writing as the proprietor of the unique business assets of Andersen Design to explain how the RISE program has the capability of helping these assets to procure the…
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Dear Editor:
There are many wonderful “angels’’ in a very special place in our beloved Boothbay region. I just hope you never have to go there to meet them. If the time comes that you need…
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Dear Editor:
I recently joined a group attending an outing sponsored by the Boothbay Region Community Center. A highlight of the trop included a visit to Wilbur's Candy Factory in Freeport…
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Dear Editor:
I wrote Senator Collins in January about poor mail delivery on the peninsula. She replied that she'd written to then Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Since then, delivery has…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
In his column, “A real mess,” Ramblings from an old scribbler, the author casually forgives Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo as “stupid kid’s stuff.” I can only presume the old…
From the editor
It seems to me, as editor of this newspaper, that ever since Donald Trump became president (both in 2016 and in 2024), people’s opinions about him, politics in general, and state and national…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I must wonder if the folks referring to the proposed Splash Pad as a ‘Disney World attraction’ have visited any places other than Disney World in the past decade. If so, they…
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Dear Editor:
The average price of a house in Lincoln County is currently between $500,000 and $600,000. Let’s say $550,000. The estimated monthly payment for a 30-year mortgage on this…
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Dear Editor:
Please allow me to publicly thank Sara Fahnley for the work she did to remove the lichen that had…
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Dear Editor:
On its very first page, the New Testament emphasizes the vital importance of each successive generation: “So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations…
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Dear Editor:
The last time socialism rose to its current level of popularity was with the "Wobblies." Today we're seeing a resurgence in the form of democratic socialism. Given the harsh…
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Dear Editor:
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump “spoke” with Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota and boasted of their commonality.
OK … both were sons of wealthy New York fathers and both…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
For over 40 years, I remain a loyal seasonal reader of the Boothbay Register. Your great coverage of this great community is a true asset to us all.
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