Since We're Growing SO Quickly, We Thought it Might be Important to Share a Bit About Lebanon Maine Truth Seekers Page Shares!!

Hey Folks...........Deborah here.............

I love that folks are beginning to share things happening in town, and talk to one another about different ideas and things that need to be happening to make our town a better and safer place to live.
I would like to tell you a little bit about how we operate the Lebanon Maine Truth Seekers page.
We promote events, we tell you things going on in town, we cover Selectmen's Meetings or other important meetings happening in town, and we LOVE to have you comment and chat amongst yourselves.
However, We are NOT a news, or an online newspaper. We are only a citizen's based town informational site. And YOU are ALL Citizens!!
We appreciate all the information we can get from Town Residents, Summer Residents, Businesses and Local Agencies. It's GREAT to be able to share information without the fear of being deleted or blocked!!
We've been lucky enough to be included in the Lebanon Bids and Help Wanted postings, and we are a member of the National Weather Service and the Maine Informational E mail list. We are on many of the State Agency mailing lists and we are starting to hear from many events in our area of New Hampshire.
We would like to be able to tell you about serious incidents happening in town, however, we're not sure it's helpful to anyone to post photos of accidents, or information regarding accidents and incidents until we get confirmation of the facts from Fire and EMS, Town Government Officials, Emergency Management Agency or the State Police.
This is not because we don't BELIEVE you when you are telling us something, However, as I recently stated to one resident, Lebanon Maine Truth Seekers promotes telling the truth. We aren't the old Cole pages. We don't "guess" at what's going on, we wait and confirm with a member of the appropriate agency. If you have 5 eyewitnesses to an incident, you will usually get 5 different stories. Not that anyone's lying or hiding something, but because it's human nature.
So, YES, please continue to keep us alert and aware of events, problems, incidents, and meetings!!
PLEASE let us know of special birthdays, anniversaries and the wonderful achievements of our residents!
YES, let us know sports game schedules, school happenings and various board meetings in town!!
YES, YES, YES!!
But don't expect too many accident photos (believe it or not, even though YOU may want to see, the families of accident victims may NOT), and Sandy and I are too busy to run after the ambulance every time they go out.  Don't expect too many photos of crying people or folks from out of town arrested at Walmart for shoplifting.
This is just town stuff, and while we MAY show you local arrests, we try to keep the really painful photos and information to a minimum out of respect for victims and families.
Lebanon is a BEAUTIFUL town and a wonderful place to live.
PLEASE keep sharing the information!!! We LOVE the community sharing place our page has become!!
Thank you!!
~~D