Too much of a good thing

(Continued from Page 1B) been established that the northeast is warming faster than other parts of the country, and we are becoming more drought-prone than historically, more flash-flood-prone, more likely to experience weather bursts, and that we have less snow than we used to. mass shootings in the United States since this one which represented the 145th of 2023. They used a bullhorn to speak when their microphone was turned off by the House Speaker. Representative Gloria Johnson (D) had joined their protestations but retained her seat. She is white. This was simply a racist party line vote by the primarily older and white Republican “supermajority.” Pearson, Jones and Johnson were alleged to have broken decorum and procedural rules and in the well of the State House as the “Tennessee 3” passionately demanded protections against the aforemention’s unwillingness to do anything about rampant child shootings in their respective districts. Both Pearson and Jones have been reinstated as of this printing…

I can’t help but cringe when, in an early April warm spell that took us from 32 to 70 degrees within a few days, accompanied by cloudless skies, the most common observation I hear is “beautiful weather!” Two weeks later, one rainy day and one drizzly day, then back to “beautiful.” No need to close dirt roads in our town this year for the first time in memory. Have we lost the oft-scorned “mud season?” I tell you, it’s not actually good news.

“Racial and ethnic differences in gun deaths among kids are stark. In 2021, 46% of all gun deaths among children and teens involved Black victims, even though only 14% of the United States under18 population that year was Black. Much smaller shares of gun deaths among children and teens in 2021 involved

LETTERS, Page 3B

Public Notice

TOWN OF NAPLES Planning Board SITE WALK

The Naples Planning Board will conduct a site walk for an application for a proposed solar farm located at 245 River Road (Tax Map R11, Lot 75). The Board will meet at the access road located at 254 River Road on May 16 at 5 p.m.

The public is welcome to attend.

A Planning Board meeting regarding this matter will be held at 6 p.m. in the Naples Town Office following the site walk.

Public Notice

Town Of Denmark

Absentee Ballots

Absentee Ballots will be available on May 3, 2023, for the June 2, 2023, Municipal Election Voters may make a written request for the voter’s own ballot, or that of an immediate family member by mail, in person or via fax.

To request an absentee ballot, please contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 207-452-2163; Mail requests to: Town Clerk, ATTN: Absentee Ballot Request, 62 E. Main Street, Denmark, ME 04022 or fax to 207452-2333. Please include your name, telephone number, residence address, signature and the address that you wish the ballot to be sent to.

Absentee ballots may be turned in any time prior to the closing of the polls on Friday, June 2, 2023

Polls will be opened, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Municipal Building Community Room (Downstairs) on June 2, 2023, for people wishing to vote in person. 2T16

Hotter average and high temperatures no doubt lead to a greater need by plants for moisture from the soil. Who knows whether higher levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, leading to faster growth in plants, has reached the level of depleting the moisture content of the forest floor? There’s room for all sorts of paranoia here, when you are dealing with all the unknowns of fungi in general — surprisingly little is known about the ecology of wild mushrooms.

If you want something to study in college, and something to make discoveries in, the ecology of fungi is a real frontier. But you better hurry, we’re racing the clock, if recent trends in fungal fortune hold up!

So, next time there is an unusual stretch of warmth and sun such as the one we are having as I write in mid-April, go ahead and be happy. But also think about the big picture, and take a minute to write to your Members of Congress: Please remind them that climate change is a priority for you — and for all the other life forms depending on us.

Third Annual Shred-a-thon

Saturday, May 6, 8 a.m.-noon (Rain or Shine)

First Congregational Church, 33 S. High St., Bridgton Benefiting Five Local Libraries Bridgton, Casco, Denmark, Harrison, Sebago

•Drive through. No appointment necessary.

•Bag it or box it. No need to remove clips, file hangers.

•Shredding done on-site. Certificates of Destruction available.

•Donations benefit our community libraries.

• For more info visit www.bridgtonlibrary.org or call: 207-647-2472 destructive, deadly riots in the summer of 2020.

The mayor-elect of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, said we can’t “demonize youth” because they are “starved of opportunities in their own communities.” that businesses of all kinds can flourish, particularly minority-owned businesses, so that combined with schools that teach kids how to function in society, provide an alternative to joining a gang.

• Bring back workfare.