Dear Reader,
This past week, I’ve heard “It feels like a year has passed, and it’s only Friday,”— a resounding sentiment from so many I crossed paths with! From caregivers and parents negotiating carpools and sports practices and Open Houses, to those who attended the vigil for Charlie Kirk at Town Hall, there is much to be reflective about and hopeful for.
Check out our Calendar for upcoming programs at Sterling Community Center, and don’t miss the announcement from SCC about the Halloween Costume Drive.
We are all going some place. How fast you want to get there is something you can consider in Jim Cameron’s Talking Transportation column.
One week into the fall season and mornings are a tad chillier, the dark comes earlier, and what a gift it is. In our community, such changing times offer us a Season’s Gift, as Lincey Bazile titles her poem this week, inviting us to approach this time with wonder, together.
In the pages of this week’s edition, I hope you will use all of your senses to explore the words our journalists offer you — they are a gift!


