Dear Editor:

Thank you, Bob Jacobson, for the warning about the Clintons (Letters, Feb. 21, 2008). It was well researched, articulate and filled with facts most of the media outrageously want to ignore.

Why should this proud nation suffer any further through a duarchy so demeaning to the dignity of the highest office in the land? Have we learned yet the meaning of "is?"

Do we want a Commander-in-Chief Hillary who has exhibited such a total lack of honor and integrity, she who effectively called General David Petraeus a liar? Do we want as the leader of the greatest nation on earth someone who wants to degrade it into a socialist state?

Contrary to the view that her emotional display was "her finest hour" (John VanOrsdell, Letters, Jan. 17), I feel those crocodile tears were just more evidence of her purely calculated politics of opportunism.

The terms "sleaze and slime," as relating to the Clintons, are too kind.

Robin Beck

Boothbay

Dear Editor:

I would like to respond to Gloria Twomey's Letter to the Editor, Feb. 28, 2008. As citizen and taxpayer, I am also outraged on a local level. Why do we as taxpayers have to have the burden of paying for the "wrong-doers" concerning Mr. Lewis' unneeded "prison-like" sentence? Why was the situation allowed to linger so long?

Is a written apology enough concerning this matter? What would Donald Trump say about these individuals still gainfully employed? I am ashamed of our community for allowing small talk, idle gossip to become a "storm center."

As an ex-school teacher (of over 20 years), I come from a world where educators and law enforcers should be pillars of our community. What reflection does this present to our youth? We are all responsible for our adult actions. We should reflect on this. Perhaps we can all learn from this situation (which never should have happened). A public apology is in order. Something to think about.

Richard E. Plunkett

Boothbay

Dear Editor:

To staff photographer Joe Orchulli II: Thank you for the beautiful photo you took for all of us to enjoy last week. You captured the moon's eclipse in such a lovely and creative way with the star Regulus in the background and the church cross in the foreground. It, on a certain level, told a visual story, perhaps a reminder that the world continues to be full of awesome beauty, and hope…and that there certainly is someone or something greater than we are.

Lynne Nicoletta

Boothbay

Dear Editor:

As another Seahawk basketball season comes to an end, the varsity boys basketball team would like to thank all the parents, students and community members who supported the team this season. A special thanks to Channel 7 volunteers, Kris Roveillo, Smith Climo and Pete Johnson for their work filming and televising our games, and to Keith Alley for his coverage of the games in the Register. Your continuing support is certainly part of the reason for the success of our basketball program.

If we missed anyone with this thank-you, thanks to you as well, because a successful basketball program must be a community effort.