Hello friends, some of you may know I am also the coordinator for the Colchester Community Food Pantry located at the Colchester Community Church in Downsville.   We are open from 10 a.m. - noon … more

Hello friends. According to Merriam Webster, El Niño is an irregularly recurring flow of unusually warm surface waters from the Pacific Ocean toward and along the western coast of South America that … more

Hello friends, well, another month is closing and the “holiday season” is at hand. Be sure to leave your light on for trick-or-treaters this weekend. We hope the weather cooperates and the kids … more

Hello friends. While traveling over Bear Spring the other day, I couldn’t help but remember the Autumn Leaves song by Nat King Cole. Remember him? Frank Sinatra did a nice rendition as well as did … more

Hello, friends. As I sit at my desk pondering last week and looking forward to next week, I see a glorious autumn day outside my window. Considering the weather-related problems happening throughout … more

Hello friends, we are definitely into flannel shirts, hoodies and pumpkins everywhere. Don’t the mums on porches and in flower boxes make you smile? Driving over Bear Spring gets prettier every … more

Hello friends. Autumn is beginning to show her colors, and we have had amazing weather to enjoy them. The very cool nights remind the tress to send their sap downwards to their roots to prepare for … more

Hello friends, did you observe the Autumnal Equinox Tuesday, Sept. 22? At 8:05 p.m. the sun crossed the celestial equator on its way south, and we had equal day and night across the globe. This is … more

I’m writing this as the world is remembering the horror of 9/11 and the memories come rushing back. Where were you? What do you remember? How were you affected. At the time my son was a truck … more

Hello friends. So many things are happening this month. Who says there’s nothing to do in Colchester? First we want to remind our readers that the Reading Room at Town Hall has two new volunteers … more

Hello friends and welcome September, one of my favorite times of the year. Time for flannel shirts and earthy colors, crunchy leaves, warm days and cool nights and everything pumpkin spice. Time to … more

Hello friends. We are at the end of August - how did that happen? The Delaware County Fair is over and so we are fully in the middle of “back to school” mode. It was my favorite time of the year … more