Category: Letters

I am writing because I received one of the Mingo Grants last year. I am currently attending Lafayette College, and this grant has been very helpful in covering some of my tuition costs.

My name is Jocelyne Coombs and I received one of the Mingo Club’s grants last year. I appreciate what the Mingo Club does for the kids in this community. I also appreciate that their grant isn’t just for kids going to college.

This is a plea to dog walkers on our road. Although Johnson Point Road is a private road, we’ve chosen not to mark it as such and welcome dog walkers and pedestrians.

Some time ago, I came to realize there were many family caregivers here in Harpswell who were in need of support. As the town with the oldest population in the county with the oldest population in the state with the oldest population, the epidemic of dementia here is real.

This is a firm but respectful reminder that dog walkers at Mitchell Field must pick up after their dogs. Dog feces are not good fertilizer for grass. It is also unsightly and smelly, and no unsuspecting walker wants to step in it!

I was baffled to read in your March edition that some citizen deemed it appropriate to complain to an out-of-state activist group about Maine School Administrative District 75’s attempt to create an “affinity group for students of color.”

Thank you for your recent piece on school safety forums. It’s important and timely because, unfortunately, we’ve seen a huge spike in gunfire on school grounds in the U.S. in recent years. Because these incidents have been happening for decades, there is plenty of research available on effective strategies.

We are writing in support of Dave Chipman for Select Board and encourage all Harpswell residents to go to the polls on March 9 or vote absentee by March 2 to make their choice and voice heard.

Today I became one of them. In fact, so did my wife. We have joined the ranks of those many, many people who over the years have had good reason to praise Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue.

Please accept this letter in support of Frank Wright’s reelection to the Maine School Administrative District 75 board. I live in Harpswell and have two daughters in MSAD 75 schools. The number of children in this community whose lives Frank has influenced for the better is uncountable.

I write in strongest support for the reelection of Harpswell Select Board member David Chipman. The duties and responsibilities of the Select Board are critical to a well-functioning, economically responsible town government.

Equal representation is one of the basic tenets of our Constitution. Every 10 years, based on the latest census data, states divide their population into electoral districts of roughly the same size to ensure that the votes of each community carry roughly the same weight.

Last night
While you were sleeping
Snug in the walls of your own existence
A link in the survival of the world
Played out in the skies above you.

Frank Wright has been the one. He’s been the one volunteering to read aloud “The Hobbit” in your child’s classroom to an audience captivated by his character voices. He’s been the one showing up every Wednesday morning to teach your child how to play chess.

My letter is in response to the article “Push for short-term rental rules unlikely to ease housing costs.” Gleaning information from this article and from viewing each meeting of the newly formed Short-term Rental Policy Task Force, I am presenting my perspective on the topic.

We look forward to the opening of the new Corner Market and what sounds like a variety of tasty food. The new owners mentioned hiring summer help.

I wanted to personally send a big and wide thank you to everyone for their help after the Jan. 10 storm. To those who lent a hand during the storm, offered their boats, who used their boats, tools and physical manpower, thank you.

Thanks for mailing the Anchor to my home in Illinois. My husband and I so enjoy reading all the latest news! I have been coming to South Harpswell all my life, beginning as a child when we would travel from our home in New Jersey for my dad’s two-week vacations.

We are writing today in support of the American commercial fishing industry, and the crucial role it plays in not just the local and national economy, but in the entire American infrastructure. American commercial fishermen bring fresh, wild, sustainable seafood to the table, and in doing so, they help us all live better.

With days growing shorter and darkness falling earlier, I’ve been enjoying the wonderful views of our night skies here in Harpswell.