Lakeville Journal Editorial

There are still areas in the Northwest Corner that have little or no access to the internet. Understanding the meaning of living in 2022 without that requires some thought for those who take it for granted.

When we in Connecticut hear of a tragedy like the one in Uvalde, Texas, where an elementary school full of young children and teachers was decimated by an 18-year-old shooter with an AR-15-style rifle on May 24, our minds immediately go back to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

Here we are at Memorial Day weekend once again, which elicits such a range of emotions and memories at all times, but especially after two years of the effects of a global pandemic.

The loss of Lakeville’s Donald K. Ross this week has touched many lives in the Northwest Corner, including those who served with him on the boards of the Salisbury Association and the Salisbury Forum (see appreciations this week.) But none valued his support and dedication to shared ideals more than we at The Lakeville Journal.

It’s not that often we can celebrate around the topic of affordable housing in the Northwest Corner. Yet here we are.

There are so many parts of our lives that have been changed by COVID-19 and its variants over the past two years. Feel as if you’ve read that sentence here and elsewhere before? Yes, no doubt you have. But repetition doesn’t make it any less true.

You will see in the pages of this newspaper, or online (click here for more), a listing of events from The Lakeville Journal unlike any you have seen before. That is because this company is now owned by The Lakeville Journal Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

There are few things in life as final as the cutting of a tree. Once it’s done, there is no going back. The only way to have the benefit of the presence of a tree in the same location is to plant one and wait years for it to come up to the size of the original one.