Category Archives: Editorial

There will be television shows taking us back through the events of the horrific morning of 9/11 and the aftermath over an over in the coming days. If you are interested in contributing your own perspective checkout

An editorial in the Foster’s has former Selectmen Cole congratulating Gerrish, thanking supporters. He is also looking forward to more time with friends and family. See article here.

I am interested in finding a few people that may want to help get the Selectmen meetings out to the people. My thought is this: if we had a few people, it might be possible to schedule out a night … Continue reading →

Nails in tires
Mayonnaise in mailbox
Harassing emails
Followed by cars
Car magnet stolen

There’s an editorial in the Foster’s stressing Lebanon Residents not have a short memory come election day. The editorial near the bottom of the page details actions and in-actions taken by the Selectmen recently that are concerning. There was a … Continue reading →

Last night at 11pm the Town Hall sent two emails with a mini-audit and mini-report because this info MUST be available to the public before the Town Meeting. The emails did not contain any information. If you visit the notice … Continue reading →

Today’s letters to the editor contain a duplicate letter written just a week ago by Samantha Cole but this time addressed by Peter and Amanda Turner. The paper didn’t catch it but it is pure plagiarism and certainly set-up by the … Continue reading →

As you prepare to make your decision for Selectmen next week, look back on the actions of the current board led by Mr Cole and ask yourself …is this the way things should work?  Is this the way I expect … Continue reading →

A Public notice was sent out at 10:45 pm announcing a Facebook page for Crescent Moon Herbals.. I think it is great that the Town will send out a notice such as this to promote local business, but why not include Farmfield … Continue reading →

Lebanon Rescue adopted and published their “Stipend Policy” this past December 2010. The Policy clearly indicates that rescue personnel are “paid by the town” by their own admission.
” It is the responsibility of the rescue member to ensure that they have all … Continue reading →

Foster’s Daily Democrat published an article updating the status of the Town Manager. Lebanon Selectmen have narrowed the field and will have a selection pending the outcome of the vote for funding on June 14th. I believe having a full-time … Continue reading →

There was a couple great Editorials in the Foster’s by Lebanon residents James Batchelder and Eric Neubert sharing some facts..   http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110512/GJOPINION03/705129918

I received this copy of a flyer on the Article items concerning the “conflict of interest” and Budget Committee voted recommendations (that were dropped from the ballot last year by Selectmen). I am sharing and passing along so you may become familiar with them. … Continue reading →

Do you hear the bell tolling?  Our Selectmen in Lebanon certainly do and they are preparing to go to great lengths to maintain their control and influence.
Citizens circulated a petition based on “conflict of interest” and received hundreds of signatures supporting the adopting of an ordinance … Continue reading →

There was an article in the Foster’s concerning the Citizen’s Petition  ”Conflict of Interest”.  A link to the article was shared on Facebook on the OurVoice Facebook Page and also by Chris Gilpatrick. There were some very harsh remarks made … Continue reading →

Last year the residents of Lebanon approved a residents petition for a Town Manager form of government. Selectmen are demonstrating their resistance by preparing a separate warrant article requesting $118,000 for wages and benefits. It is quite easy to see their intent … Continue reading →

I have received many inquiries about commenting being turned off on the website. The reason this was done was primarily due to the fact a certain people were posting under several names, unfairly biasing discussion. In some instances the comments were heading … Continue reading →

After 8 LONGGGGGGGG years of trying to hold onto our land it has sadly come to an end.  We took our last ditch effort to a hearing on September 1, 2010.  We did not even have a chance for the … Continue reading →

It’s been quite a week on the website. I see there was a lot of banter, questions, and even some good dialogue. I have received several inquiries over the week and felt with the recent explosion of activity

A resident wrote and asked I post this link on there behalf.  The link is to a music video that they felt was a good candidate for a national election

Have you noticed that there is so much going on in our town government?  I wasn’t going to write any more about our personal tragedy, but there has been something, that I wanted to share.  You might ask, when you … Continue reading →

Shouldn’t we  start posting our available positions for 2010? I made a pass at the Road Commissioner posting, hopefully we can generate some interest in the lucrative position.

A person found this interesting article about google looking to provide fiber to several communities.

This letter to the Governor is posted by request of the Henderson’s, they ask if anyone is interested to please send a note to Gov. Baldacci on there behalf and tell him this is a true travesty of justice.

What do you thing the Towns… New Years Resolution should be? Post a short comment to this post with your thoughts for 2010. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

It’s exhausting watching issues come up repeatedly and not seeing any action or formal response from our town or it’s elected officials. Most recently, in November Chris Gilpatrick raised concerns over the usage and access to the transfer station by … Continue reading →

I would like to wish each and everyone a safe and happy holiday. May all your

Hello Mr. Wright:
I am a  concerned citizen of Lebanon.  I have a couple of questions for you.  I’m not sure you can answer them, but if you can’t maybe you can steer me in the right direction.

Along with the given responsibilities of being a land owner, there are other things that you might never think of. In general, I’m talking about people who are small land owners, but I believe this applies to those of you … Continue reading →

I have another story to tell you.  This is regarding  fire regulations and laws.  I hope  that, after reading this,  someone might enlighten us as to what  we can do. 

When I moved here in 2001, I thought this was a beautiful place.  I still do.
I often ask myself why?  What I mean by that is why do a certain group of people try to