The town of Culpeper is considering updating its noise ordinance. For eight years now, I have battled a certain fast food restaurant on this very issue.

National Family Caregivers Month— observed every November — highlights the many challenges facing family caregivers and the resources they provide, not only to their family members but to the community at large.

The shame of abortion in America as put forth in Darlene Thornhill’s letter Thursday is dead on.

Whether you voted for him or not, I urge the people of this nation to pray for President-elect Barack Obama.

I want to thank the Realtors at Montague Miller & Company for their generosity and patriotic spirit.

As an avid supporter of constitutional government, I now look forward to seeing how President-elect Barack Obama deals with the after-math of a Bush administration, which saw the Constitution as something to be trampled upon!

My mother, Lorene Clatterbuck, was a beautiful and remarkable woman.

It seems that Mr. Mike Sharman stopped reading his reference material at Exodus 20 (“Making a biblical decision,” Nov. 3).

Go to any convenience store or grocery, and you can hardly get in the door without passing cigarette smokers.

On the first two Saturdays of November, the people of Culpeper County and the town of Culpeper saw the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts doing their good turn by participating in Scouting for Food.

Hair It Is Salon on Mountain Run Lake Road would like to thank the Star-Exponent for its help with Pink Hair For Hope.

This letter is on behalf of all the cafeteria workers who work in the hot kitchens of Culpeper County’s schools.

The presidential race is over, and the people have spoken. Now is the time for us to work together.

I strongly disagree with the Star-Exponent’s editorial position expressed Nov. 10 (“Of search firms and screwdrivers”).

Caring Hearts Against Cancer, a Relay for Life Team, would like to thank the following Bowl-A-Thon event sponsors:

I was disappointed, to say the least, when I read James Clements’ column Oct. 20, “Fill up the Food Closet,” which attacked Safeway.

President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and others are responsible for conducting an illegal war.

Like Jeanne Grimes, I, too, dislike Mr. Sharman’s column and rarely find myself in agreement with him (“Sharman’s column has no place in the Star-Exponent,” Nov. 2).

On behalf of Culpeper County Public Schools, I would like to thank Merchant’s Grocery and McDonald’s for their generous donations for our new teachers.

Veteran’s Day is a day to show tremendous recognition for those who have served our country and served it proudly.

Now that the election is over, I won’t have to try to find a part-time labor job to pay the $8,000 a year for our health insurance.

I was very, very dissappointed in the trick-or-treating this year at the Depot.

I found Gov. Tim Kaine’s comments in your paper on Nov. 6 stating that “Ol’ Virginny is dead” to be disturbing and divisive.

There is one thing that should be thought about, however,  and that is all the aborted babies that will never have a choice.

This week, I had some stomach-churning realizations.

Any bus carrying students should be required to have their headlights and clearance lights on.

I am writing in praise of an often-overlooked group of public servants — our election officials.

Regarding the Star- Exponent’s Election Day paper wrapper:

With pennies costing more to make than they are worth, why is the government trying to get everyone to hoard more of them by releasing four different versions of the Lincoln cent in 2009?

I am canceling my subscription to your paper. The decision has been a long time coming, but the final straw was the way Tuesday’s paper was wrapped in a political advertisement.