Going “Green” and Local Knowledge

To the editor:

Reading about the “greening” of the town of Cranberry Isles (WWF April 2008) and the area supermarkets was exciting. “Little Things,” the title of the editorial, obviously add up to something much bigger. I would add a credit to Hannaford Brothers:  the reusable green bag I bought in the Bangor store last August is a very tasteful shade of green, plus roomier and better designed than those offered in three different chains here —and for the same price.

Scott Sell’s column, “Notes from 04635: It takes local knowledge to mail a letter in the no-cash economy,” was fun, but if he owed only 78 cents for two stamps, Marissa, the postmistress, must have been subsidizing him.  Or perhaps he  sent the column in a year ago on a slow boat to avoid postage altogether. I posted my first letter costing 41 cents on May 22, 2007.  

Byrna Weir
Rochester, New York