Letters

• letter to the editor

  This is not the way

  Mon, 01/11/2021 - 3:15pm

  Dear Editor: During the earliest days of the American Civil War, folks would pack picnic lunches and head off to battlefields to watch the fighting like it was a football game and they were in the stands. After four years of war their feelings changed radically from novelty to profound grief. I thought of that naivete today (Jan. 6) as my heart broke watching the events in Washington, D.C. unfold. Folks waving and hamming it up for news cameras, sitting at Capitol office desks smiling like they...
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  Proud of deputies and their dedication

  Mon, 01/11/2021 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: As we put 2020 behind us, it’s a good time to look back and think about what we have done right and where we could improve. For those of us in the law enforcement world, it’s been a world of challenges and a good time to talk about how we are addressing some of the issues head on. For the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, it’s about giving people the skills they need to be successful. A sheriff’s office is charged with protecting all members of the public. As more and more law...
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  Political theater or treason? That is the question

  Mon, 01/04/2021 - 3:45pm

  Dear Editor: Did 126 Republicans in the House of Representatives and 17 Republican Attorneys General commit treason, when they asked the Supreme Court on Dec. 11, 2020 to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election in four states won by President-elect Biden? Are these same 126 Congressional Representatives, plus now 11 Republican Senators all committing treason by challenging the certification of the Electoral College votes in the U.S. Senate, even though they have presented no...
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  Vaccinating the public: It’s a matter of time

  Mon, 01/04/2021 - 3:30pm

  Dear Editor: There’s much information in the media and online regarding the COVID-19 vaccination process. Details are changing rapidly, causing confusion and anxiety for some of our patients and the community while creating the need for additional clarification. When it comes to delivering the vaccine to our patients and community members, it’s important to know that we are months away from doing so. The availability of the vaccine is the primary driver of this timetable, which could move in...
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  Hey DHHS, I am that guy

  Tue, 12/29/2020 - 9:30am

  Dear Editor: The juggernaut of fear rolls on as our livelihoods are slowly diminished. After shutdown-extension #6, non-elected bureaucrats assault our very minds on the radio. The Maine DHHS is broadcasting a series of divisive, degrading p.s.a.’s that are designed to turn us against one another and eventually control us. “Don’t be like that guy,” depicts those of us who question authority, don’t believe in hyped-up, Fauci-science as the enemy. A tax-payed-for campaign called “Keep-It-Maine”...
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  CMP versus Santa Claus

  Mon, 12/28/2020 - 4:00pm

  Dear Editor: Santa Claus is known and trusted for his benevolence. Milk and cookies and perhaps a clean chimney are all he expects. CMP is the “polar “ opposite, expecting and demanding that Maine donates huge gifts in return for far too little. Barely enough to pay for the wrapping paper and bows. In fact, CMP and its foreign owner are more like The Grinch That Stole Christmas lacking the humanity he manifests at the story’s end. How has such a cruel plan been hatched to cheat the Canadian...
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  Remember Guantanamo

  Mon, 12/28/2020 - 3:45pm

  Dear Editor: Remember Guantanamo? January 11, 2021 marks the 19th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison. Forty people are still held in Guantanamo, and most of them have never been charged, let alone tried, for any crime. The prison at Guantanamo costs the U.S. taxpayer over half a billion dollars per year – half a billion dollars to hold 40 prisoners! That’s about 13 million dollars per prisoner per year – making Guantanamo the most expensive, least efficient prison on the...
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  Going above and beyond

  Mon, 12/28/2020 - 3:30pm

  Dear Editor: I just wanted to share an experience with you. My name is Nathan Snyder. I live in St. Petersburg, Florida. My mom, Ann Snyder, lives in Boothbay and today (Christmas Eve) is her birthday. We wanted to fly her down this year but due to the pandemic, we decided against it. So she is up there by herself on her birthday. Every way possible we wanted to try and make her day special. It being Christmas eve and a small town in Maine, things were going to be tough. I wanted to deliver her...
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  Perpetuating discrimination

  Mon, 12/28/2020 - 3:15pm

  Dear Editor: It was two days before Christmas and our Boothbay Register, delivered to our area one week late, had just arrived. I was full of holiday cheer and very relieved that our country’s divisive election was over. My eye caught a headline in the Letters to the Editor: “Our Country is ruined”——-what? I can’t address all the letter writer’s lies and outrageous predictions, nor do I want to. Our country was constructed by our forefathers based and built on a strong constitution which has...
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  Talking to liberals

  Mon, 12/21/2020 - 4:00pm

  Dear Editor: In reading the letters to the editor in the recent edition of this paper, I doubt that the letter writers actually talked to a liberal or, much less, read their political platforms. I do not mean to single them out; they do what everyone else does when forming opinions. We tend to stay in our information comfort zone looking for affirmation that our views are correct. It's basic human psychology. This is not dangerous in itself but leaves us vulnerable to suggestion through...
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  Congratulations to Knox-Lincoln SWCD award winners

  Mon, 12/21/2020 - 3:15pm

  Dear Editor: Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) would like to congratulate all individuals who were honored Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Knox-Lincoln SWCD 73rd annual Awards Celebration held online. District friends, partners and the public were invited to celebrate the conservation contributions of Knox and Lincoln county residents and hear Distinguished University of Maine Professor at the Climate Change Institute & School of Forest Resources Professor Ivan Fernandez...
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  A fond farewell

  Mon, 12/21/2020 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: After 30 years, the time has come to leave my position as education director for the Department of Marine Resources. I am grateful to past and present administrators for the amazing opportunities that they allowed me to pursue in creating educational facilities and programs – building of the Maine State Aquarium, restoring the Burnt Island Light Station, fundraising and building the Burnt Island Education Center, creating Officer SALTY, bringing the Sea to the Classroom, and...
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  Urging recycling program at BRHS

  Mon, 12/21/2020 - 2:30pm

  Dear Editor: Twenty-two percent of Americans admit to not having enough information about recycling, and 18% are confused about which items are recyclable. I believe recycling is an important part of our everyday lives and has the potential to save our environment. Any way you look at it, recycling has its healthy and beneficial perks (Bell). I attend Boothbay Region High School and, unfortunately, recycling seems to be absent and has been even when I was a freshman. There have been countless...
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  Wish him well

  Tue, 12/15/2020 - 8:45am

  Dear Editor: This administration‘s own head of cyber security stated that the 2020 election was the most secure in our nations history. The attorney general said that the justice department did not find evidence of ‘massive voter fraud’. The Supreme Court refused to hear cases brought before it to overturn the election results.The electoral college validated the vote count and officially announced Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. It’s time for us to take stock and take...
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  The muck of uselessness

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 4:30pm

  Dear Editor: After nine months of crushing paralysis, Maine’s legislature serves no purpose. Why elections, why even hold an upcoming session? The trembling, craven members of the last elected-circus (both R and D) capitulated, presenting Mills with a gift of total “divine-right” under the name of a statewide emergency. These bunglers have betrayed “the people” once again, setting in motion the dismantling of our already fragile Republic. The executive should never be allowed to wield such...
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  Get to know your community health center

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 4:15pm

  Dear Editor: York Fischer writes: “Many have selected Boothbay Harbor and environs for moving to a town seemingly perfect for retirees because of health care availability. There was a hospital. Now gone. But thank the gods we still had Urgent Care. Now also gone. Where has all the much needed care gone?” Please check out the Boothbay Region Health Center in the Meadow Mall. We opened in January 2018. We see walk-ins as well as see primary care patients every day. We were founded by local...
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  Will miss Jerry

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 4:00pm

  Dear Editor: Our dearest friend Jerry Barlow passed away Tuesday, Dec. 8 in Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. He was family to me and all my family for over 47 years. I was buying a cottage on Mount Pisgah through Bessie Kenniston and went up to check some room measurements before I had an oversized sofa shipped up that was in storage in New York. I knew the cottage was unlocked so I went in, measured the room and left. Standing outside was Jerry. I held out my hand and said I’m Karen...
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  Record blood drives at YMCA

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 3:45pm

  Dear Editor: I am happy to share that the Red Cross had a record year for blood drives at the Boothbay Region YMCA. In the nine blood drives we ran in 2020, our staff saw 272 people, including 37 first-time donors, and collected 283 units of blood. That’s nearly 40% more than we collected in 2019 and more than any other year, according to the records in our current database, which go back to 2006. Since each unit of whole blood can be separated into three products—red cells, platelets and...
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  Foreign language availability needs to be changed

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 3:30pm

  Dear Editor: As a student at Boothbay Region High School, I feel earlier access to foreign language is needed. Bilinguals have access to more job opportunities (such as flight attendants), and a better understanding of other cultures and societies. Other than the money problem, which has various solutions, there is no reason foreign language shouldn’t be a required class sometime in grades K-8. Many people, even those who take four years of foreign language, aren’t anywhere near proficient...
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  Teachers and the pandemic

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 3:15pm

  Dear Editor: In this pandemic, I realize that a lot of people are without a job and struggling. I have really come to recognize all of the hardworking people in this community, putting themselves and loved ones at risk to do “front-line” jobs. While attending school these last three months, I have started to understand the real sacrifice of a teacher, more so now, during this pandemic. Most of you will say a teacher is an educator, someone who teaches, and on the outside looking in, that’s...
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  Our country is ruined

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: If you voted for the Biden/Harris team, you may have been unknowingly supportive of the steps an adversary would take to ruin a country: Take away firearms from residents. Take control over all forms of media. Legalize social drugs to make dopes out of as many residents as possible. Get the residents to de-fund law enforcement. Decrease Defense Department funding. “Pack” the Supreme Court with political judges. Eliminate the Electoral College so that only the highest population...
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  Help fund BRHS Project Graduation

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 2:30pm

  Dear Editor: The 2021 Boothbay Region High School senior class has had a slow start but is now concentrating on raising funds for a Project Graduation trip this coming June. The class and parents are optimistic and have decided to go ahead and plan for a full graduation. They have tentative plans to venture up to Millinocket for two days of safe graduation celebrations at New England Outdoor Adventure Center. The Project Graduation committee has also discussed a plan B if things with the virus...
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  Your healthcare remains

  Mon, 12/14/2020 - 2:30pm

  Dear Editor: I’m writing in response to the Dec. 7 letter ‘Our health care is gone’ that states health care in Boothbay Harbor, particularly on LincolnHealth’s St. Andrews campus, no longer exists. Nothing could be further from the truth. Primary care is thriving at the Family Care Center, which remains open five days a week. Lab work is done at the Center as well. In addition, all Wellness and Rehabilitation Services continue on the St. Andrews campus. The only change in care is the temporary...
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  Trump, virus, and authoritarian status quo

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 4:00pm

  Dear Editor: I watched Trump in Valdosta, Georgia and his tone was much more subdued than during the campaign. I think he now realizes that the entire political establishment of both parties was always opposed to him, and that they had no choice but to cheat him out of an easy win. Even the quisling governor here in Georgia, who owes his election to Trump, had not the guts to show up. Trump fought hard, and obviously received many more honest votes than Biden did in every swing state where the...
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  Our health care is gone

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 3:45pm

  Dear Editor: Many have selected Boothbay Harbor and environs for moving to a town seemingly perfect for retirees because of health care availability. There was a hospital. Now gone. But thank the gods we still had Urgent Care. Now also gone. Where has all the much needed care gone? What’s next? Perhaps a wall around the harbor? York Fischer Boothbay
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  Town needs police force

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 3:30pm

  Dear Editor: During the 20 years I owned a medical practice in Boothbay Harbor, I was repeatedly impressed by the competence, compassion, and professionalism of the officers of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department. Their local knowledge is invaluable. They truly care about our community. The officers deserve pay commensurate with their experience. The town needs them. Nancy J. Oliphant MD Boothbay
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  Join the Christmas Eve tradition

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 3:15pm

  Dear Editor, A Scottish mom has started a new Christmas tradition after she was asked by her children if Santa would be able to deliver presents given the worldwide pandemic. This mom thought quickly and told her children that Santa is an essential worker and so is permitted to visit homes around the world. But their question gave her the idea to show Santa and other essential workers how much their spirit is appreciated during this pandemic. So she is asking everyone to step outside their home...
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  To the unknown person

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: Thanks to the unknown person who returned my old iPhone 4 with 600 photos and over 100 contacts, all not “backed up” in a Cloud or otherwise. If there is such a thing as karma, I hope the “good karma bird” builds a nest in your branches so she can watch over you and yours. Also, thanks to the women and men of the Boothbay Harbor “cop shop” who are always there and always care. Thanks a lot. Allan Miller East Boothbay
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  Police deserve to be paid fairly

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 2:45pm

  Dear Editor: There aren’t many issues in our town that don’t inspire disagreement; but one issue seems to unite most of us: Boothbay Harbor benefits from our strong and well managed police force. In troubling times when conflict seems to be everywhere, our law enforcers walk their beat and know the names of most citizens, every downtown merchant and many visitors. They walk the fine edge between enforcement and common sense. Not only do they resolve the stuff that goes on when we are all asleep...
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  No CMP Corridor referendum

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 2:30pm

  Dear Editor: The CMP project advertised under the Clean Maine has not yet been approved for construction. There is a new referendum initiative to bring the CMP corridor to a vote by Maine citizens and I am volunteering by collecting signatures of Maine residents to make the referendum available. The referendum will hopefully make CMP’s plans more transparent to voters who so far have only CMP’s ads to judge. I will be at the Boothbay Transfer Station on Saturdays to collect signatures. Look for...
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  Thanks for the 19 years of business

  Thu, 12/03/2020 - 7:45am

  Dear Editor: We would like to thank every lobsterman who have sold lobsters to us over the past 19 years. A special thanks to the ones who have been with us all the way through. We would not have had a lobster business without you. We would also like to thank all of the restaurants and markets who have purchased our products over the years, as well as the wholesale dealers we sold our surplus to. From the first day we opened in 2002 we have had many valued customers walk through our doors who...
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  Don’t undercut the police department

  Mon, 11/30/2020 - 3:30pm

  Dear Editor: I am writing this letter as a result of my dismay as to why our town government here in Boothbay Harbor has decided to “nickel and dime” our police department. Our police department is one of the lowest paid departments in the state. From my understanding, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department starts their new officers at $22.00 per hour and Boothbay Harbor Police Department starts theirs at $18.00. This is quite a discrepancy for two police departments serving the same area. I...
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  Support for our police department

  Mon, 11/30/2020 - 3:15pm

  Dear Editor: I am writing this as I think it is crucial to the peninsula’s continued success to have a reliable, consistent police department. These are front line workers who put themselves on the line every day. Every time they do a wellness check or a traffic stop, they are put in a position to contract this deadly disease that is taking root in our beautiful county. They have proven to be very civic-minded and are not prone to shoot first and ask questions later. Not too long ago, they were...
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  Support Boothbay Harbor police officers

  Mon, 11/30/2020 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: Paul Coulombe’s superb letter in support of Boothbay Harbor police in their bid to renew the contract with the town was strong and deserved. I have little more to add other than to express my own deep and heartfelt respect for the police officers whom I have witnessed as a local citizen and former ER doctor at St. Andrews. We are blessed to currently have these wonderful humans who serve us so well. They have always been here for us, now it is time to support them with better pay...
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  A magical drive

  Sat, 11/28/2020 - 8:15am

  Dear Editor: Thanks to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens for a delightful and creative drive-through Christmas lights in the gardens. Look for the moose, deer, birds, hummingbird, flowers and of course the lighted tunnel. Thinking outside the “box” during this unusual time brings smiles and happiness to all of us. Many thanks. Kathleen Marty Trevett
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  In support of the local PD

  Sat, 11/28/2020 - 8:15am

  Dear Editor: I am aware that the Boothbay Harbor Police Department is in contract negotiations. I can offer a unique perspective and possibly a cautionary tale. In 1998 the town of Cortlandt (Manor) disbanded its local police department. Cortlandt covers 50.02 square miles with a current population of 41,592. Cortlandt is patrolled by Westchester County Police (the North Command with a station at Cortlandt Town Hall) coordinating with New York State Troopers. These are good men and women doing...
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  Many blessings

  Wed, 11/25/2020 - 12:45pm

  Dear Editor: On behalf of Board of Directors of Lincoln County Dental, we want to take this time to wish you a blessed Thanksgiving. This has been a year of unpresented challenges and dentistry has certainly changed as a result. Despite the pandemic, we decided to move forward and open our dental practice at 93 Churchill St. in Wiscasset in recognition of the tremendous need for dentistry in the County. We want to sincerely express our gratitude to our patients and the people of Lincoln County...

• Compelled to speak out

  Mon, 11/23/2020 - 5:30pm

  Dear Editor: At what point do we call a betrayal for what it is? Our president is taking an axe our nation’s most foundational principles. As he promotes untruths, we are asked to show restraint and respect. He leverages our goodwill to do ill. Most newspapers are clear not to print personal attacks. But how are we to respond to a president who purposely is undermining democracy? He has called into question the votes of nearly 80 million citizens who legally cast their ballots. That’s personal...

• Understanding lockdowns

  Mon, 11/23/2020 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: Backwards and upside down modern liberalism perfectly illustrated: love for lockdowns, and support for open borders. Today’s repackaged liberals are simply too confused to understand that they can have one or the other, but they can't have both. The challenge is to figure out which one they care more about. Probably lockdowns, permanently, because control has always been their ultimate goal. Phil Molvar Southport

• To the point

  Mon, 11/23/2020 - 12:00pm

  Dear Editor: There is an expression: “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” President Trump does not wish to lead or follow, so he needs to get out of the way. Lives and our democracy depend on it. Laura Lee Keating Cortlandt Manor, New York and East Boothbay
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  Fantastic community night and lights

  Sun, 11/22/2020 - 11:00am

  Dear Editor: Many, many heartfelt thanks to the Botanical Gardens for their fantastic and generous offer to invite the community to a FREE event to view the fantastic Garden Aglow. In these difficult, strange and trying times in our country, state and community, this evening was sensational. The time, effort and real genius that went into all this work is amazing. The gardens are spectacular. So magical and makes you really sit back and BELIEVE. Thank you so very much for a magical trip through...
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  A random act of kindness

  Sun, 11/22/2020 - 8:15am

  Dear Editor, On a recent cold blustery day right before the election, I was working as a volunteer to clean-up annuals around the Roundabout at the Boothbay Common. A car I didn’t recognize pulled up right behind mine, and a woman I don’t know got out. I was a little concerned because not everyone has liked the Roundabout, it was right before a contentious election, and during the pandemic so I was thinking anything could happen. To my complete surprise this woman was holding a hot chocolate...
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  Gardens Aglow is a don’t miss

  Sat, 11/21/2020 - 4:00pm

  Dear Editor: Gardens Aglow was the most enchanting and awe inspiring five mile an hour drive we’ve ever been on. Don’t think because you are in your car that it will be short and sweet. Sweet, yes! Short, far from it! Thanks to all the horticultural staff and volunteers for an outing we won’t forget! Our love and appreciation, Douglas and Cynthia Lockwood East Boothbay

• Thanks from the Opera House

  Fri, 11/20/2020 - 4:45pm

  Dear Editor: It is Thanksgiving, and there is much to be thankful for even during this tumultuous year. For the kind words, the steady arrival of notes of encouragement, the appreciative patrons, the joyful musicians, the respect everyone has shown for each other during these trying times, and for the financial generosity of so many, the staff and volunteers at the Opera House are profoundly grateful. Thank you to all in the Boothbay community and beyond for helping to make the 2020 season one...
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  Post election

  Fri, 11/20/2020 - 4:30pm

  Dear Editor: Given that we are a sports-minded nation, it’s embarrassing to see a president comport himself so poorly. There is no valor in how he is leaving the field. Whining, making excuses, and pointing fingers looks pretty shabby. As he lashes out, aggrieved, and dangerous, commentators speak about humoring the president with time to move through the three phases of loss: denial, rage, and eventual acceptance. They talk about him as if he were a patient in need of care. But let’s be clear...
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  Suicide Awareness Garden

  Fri, 11/20/2020 - 2:45pm

  Dear Editor: The LincolnHealth Medical Surgical Team, in support of a colleague who recently lost a close family member to suicide, initiated the creation of a garden to symbolize hope and bring awareness to suicide prevention. Several employees and many volunteers planned and planted the Suicide Awareness Garden in front of the Emergency Room at LincolnHealth in late October. The garden features more than 2,000 daffodils and 200 tulips, extending the existing Memorial Garden. When the flowers...
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  The legacy of Travis Roy

  Fri, 11/20/2020 - 2:15pm

  Dear Editor: In October 2019, I was blessed to come across the book “11 Seconds.” It is the autobiography of Travis Roy. Travis was a local Maine hockey standout back in the ’90s. Eleven seconds into his first shift of his first game for Boston University, Travis suffered a spinal cord injury leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. His story did not end there. The book goes on to tell of the tragedy, courage and triumph of Travis’ life. I was immediately impacted by Travis. My initial thought...
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  Our dedicated and caring police department

  Fri, 11/20/2020 - 2:00pm

  Dear Editor: I am writing to express my gratitude and support for the Boothbay Harbor Police Department. We have, no doubt, one of the most committed, integrated and effective police departments in the state. Chief Bob Hasch leads a comprehensive, dedicated and devoted team of officers who have the great responsibility and talent for supporting and protecting all citizens and visitors to our very special community. I encourage our town and community leaders to recognize and reward the...
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  YMCA’s 2020 Turkey Trot canceled

  Thu, 11/19/2020 - 8:00am

  Dear Editor: This Thanksgiving will be a little different for many of us. At the Boothbay Region Y, we had hoped to make it happen – but I am sorry to announce that there will be no Turkey Trot this Thanksgiving. We instead encourage everyone to hike, walk, run or yoga on your own or online -- and give thanks to all! We will miss being together in person! While the Y is closed on Thanksgiving Day, we are open the day before and after the big day and all of our in-person and virtual classes will...
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  Support our police department

  Tue, 11/17/2020 - 8:15am

  Dear Editor: I am writing in strong support of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department. We are so fortunate to have one of the finest police departments in the state. The BHPD and its officers are exemplary. They are civic-minded and care deeply about our community. They go above and beyond the call of duty for the benefit of our region. This starts at the top with Chief Bob Hasch, who has received numerous community awards, including the YMCA’s Character Development Award for his vision, time,...

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