Dear Editor:
I want to thank all the voters that cast their vote for me. It was a close vote of 162-151. I would also like to thank those voters that voted yes on the RSU 12 budget. I will…
Dear Editor:
I want to thank all the voters that cast their vote for me. It was a close vote of 162-151. I would also like to thank those voters that voted yes on the RSU 12 budget. I will…
Dear Editor:
Not long ago, elections were won and lost by a simple question; are you better off than you were four years ago? Jimmy Carter lost in 1980 due to a bad economy, inflation,…
Dear Editor:
An ethics complaint has been filed in Alna against 1st Selectman Ed Pentaleri. The substance of the charge is that Pentaleri is “biased” against a private boat ramp built…
The following letter was received in time for the deadline of political letters to the editor for the June 1 issue, however, it ended up in the newspaper’s Junk email folder and was not seen…
Dear Editor:
Julie Casson deserves the vote from all Westport Island residents if we want a strong voice in how the island business is carried out. Julie was town clerk for four-plus years…
Dear Editor:
We are happy to endorse Richard DeVries as our candidate for the RSU 12 School Board Member for Westport Island. Richard has been actively representing Westport Island's…
Dear Editor:
Throwing in my support for Don Davis for Wiscasset Selectperson. Bringing experience…
Dear Editor:
It doesn’t always happen, but sometimes people from away turn out to be a perfect fit with the place they land in. Dusty Jones’ previous 20-year career working with…
Dear Editor:
I attended Tuesdays candidate forum to observe my friend Terry Heller in political action. I’m from Damariscotta but have been adopted by the Wiscasset Garden Club. I helped…
Dear Editor:
As a Wiscasset resident for 14 years, past member of the Waterfront Committee and Waterfront Advisory Board Member, Don Davis is now running for the Wiscasset Select Board…
Dear Editor:
We—Wiscasset citizens, taxpayers, business owners—strongly endorse re-electing Terry Heller and Dusty Jones to the Board of Selectmen. In addition to serving on the Board of…
Dear Editor:
Earlier this spring two of Wiscasset’s amazing teachers brought the work of over 100 of our young people to an art show at our own Maine Art Gallery. It was truly a…
Dear Editor:
Wiscasset’s red-brick, white-shuttered, cupola-crowned Old Academy on Warren Street,…
Dear Editor:
On June 13, Wiscasset voters will find two articles on their ballot relating to the Old Academy Building. This town-owned structure (built in 1807) has been leased to the…
Dear Editor:
Committed partnerships are powerful engines of achievement. Wiscasset and the Maine Art Gallery have had such a partnership for 65…
Dear Editor:
The town of Wiscasset needs members of the Select Board who will work hard and add a different perspective to the office. Don Davis is that person. Don has experience on a…
Dear Editor:
Pamela Dunning has called Wiscasset home for 50 years. When I asked…
Dear Editor:
Recently, a resident lodged an ethics complaint against Alna First Select Board Member Ed Pentaleri. The complaint alleges that, before being elected, Pentaleri expressed his…
Dear Editor:
Wiscasset voters will have many items to consider when they vote at the annual town meeting June 13. Two of the town warrant articles relate to…
Dear Editor:
During the Candidates Forum this week, the last question asked of the candidates was about their vision for Wiscasset in 20 years. Pam Dunning had the answer I liked the best…
Dear Editor:
After a three-year hiatus, Alna had an enormously successful ham and bean supper where members from all parts of Alna worked, ate, and socialized together.
Among…
Dear Editor:
Ten years ago, Bill and I purchased our home in Wiscasset after doing extensive due diligence. We wanted to find a home in a year-round community. We visited the Midcoast…
Dear Editor:
Terry Heller has a track record of contributing to the well-being of Wiscasset and its people with her common-sense approach to the opportunities we have here. She is…
Dear Editor:
We support re-electing Terry Heller to the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen for two more years. In addition to serving on the Board of Selectmen, Terry has spent four years as…
Dear Editor:
We recently offered the communities we serve the opportunity to make a difference…
Dear Editor:
I recently visited a wonderful show at the Maine Art Gallery (MAG) that reflects on the last 65 years of exhibitions.
I saw paintings by founding members Gene Klebe,…
Dear Editor:
We have volunteered with Terry Heller since moving to Wiscasset in 2019. Terry got us involved with hanging Christmas garlands, planting petunias in the medians, and helping…
Dear Editor:
We are voting for Terry Heller because she is ethical, steadfast in her convictions and has a vision for a greater Wiscasset. Her compassion for all who live in Wiscasset is…
Dear Editor:
The Maine Art Gallery has a very positive effect on Wiscasset. Terry Heller understands. As a trustee of the Maine Art Gallery, I have appreciated her support during her…
Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter in support of Terry Heller's re-election to the Select Board in Wiscasset.
Over the last two years, I have observed her persistence and…
Dear Editor:
I am writing in support of Barbara Cray for Westport Island’s Representative to the RSU #12 School Board. Barbara is a multi-talented neighbor of mine who deeply loves Maine…
Dear Editor:
Terry Heller continues to amaze us with her love for her adopted hometown of Wiscasset, and her dedication to wise management of town affairs. She just can’t get enough of…
Dear Editor:
I am writing to ask residents of Wiscasset to vote to reelect Dusty Jones and Terry Heller to another term on the Wiscasset…
Dear Editor:
Pam Dunning’s hallmark is sound judgment in practical matters. Having served our town as a member of the Budget Committee and as a former Selectman as well, Pam knows what…
Dear Editor:
As local law enforcement leaders, we frequently speak about crimes after they have been committed and about our efforts to apprehend the criminal. But today we want to talk…
Dear Editor:
I am a selectman in Wiscasset. I would like to mention a few articles on the town warrant that you will vote on June 13. I am representing myself and am not speaking for the…
Dear Editor:
We, present and former Wiscasset Select Board Members, endorse Don Davis for Selectman.
Don recognizes that Wiscasset needs a Select Board consisting of fiscally…
Dear Editor:
We, present and former Wiscasset Select Board Members, endorse Pamela Dunning for Selectman.
Pam has spent 14 years serving the town of Wiscasset, first on the Budget…
Dear Editor:
Tom Perkins was right on the “money” suggesting that the trustees, school committee and community members perhaps search for alternative solutions…
Dear Editor:
The State has been expanding its role, responsibility, and power over us since the signing and ratification of our Constitution. We have gone…
Dear Editor:
Funds for public boating access is on the warrant again. This year we will vote by absentee or in person on May 20th.
After a few years off due to COVID, I collected…
Dear Editor :
How to create a humanitarian crisis.
What do you mean you are not ready ? Southern border states had two years.
Human beings are sleeping in the…
Dear Editor:
Wiscasset is facing some major issues in the near future. Our taxes are rising as inflation hits everyone. Real and hard decisions will…
Dear Editor:
As we close out another snowmobile season, we are reminded of how many individuals, landowners and local businesses we rely on for us to be able to maintain our 30+ miles of…
Dear Editor:
To the Citizens of Wiscasset:
I grew up in South Portland and I fondly remember my family traveling up and down Route One to visit our relatives during the 1950s and…
Dear Editor:
Did you know:
–That there had been a ‘warming center’ in St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset in March and April?
–That St. Philip’s, partnering with Amistad, a…
Dear Editor:
To citizens of Wiscasset:
Last year I left the board of selectmen, thinking that my work was done. We have some good minds on the board and I was confident that good…
Dear Editor:
Maine faces an affordable housing crisis years in the making. Optimists may welcome Maine Housing Authority’s recent $16.3 million in grant funding as a…