Lakeville Journal Editorial

There are times for all communities that are tipping points, when some centers that shape their residents’ lives in profound ways change or are at such dramatic risk that there is no turning back to what once was. We’ve all seen or know about such places.

This year’s ceremonies marking Veterans Day will be poignant and powerful, as is the case each year at this time of commemoration of the sacrifices and courage of our nation’s veterans of war. November 11 at 11 a.m. is the time for such remembrances, when  the armistice for World War I went into effect in 1918.

Global leaders from the G20 are meeting at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow until Nov. 12. Their mission is to bring parties together to accelerate action toward the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, according to the COP26 website.

Sharon Hospital’s plans to dramatically change the services available to its population in the region have been met with opposition from not only the community, but also the vast majority of its medical staff. And on Oct.

This is a moment when there is lots of anger and frustration floating around. These can be seen as residuals from the pandemic and the problems associated with its direct and indirect effects on our mental and physical health.

One of the repercussions of dealing with a worldwide pandemic has been a loss of general personal stability, a feeling of insecurity, and that affects all of us: children, teens, adults, seniors.

This is a new era for The Lakeville Journal Company and all our publications, online and in print. 

We all like to reminisce about the way things used to be, whether it’s in our families, our homes, the country, the world or our towns.