It is with a heavy heart that students look at the calendar and mourn the end of summer.

Old habits die hard, they say. However, with the approval of their owners, dog habits never die.

Now the Asian water chestnut has again proliferated in Ellis Pond and, left unchecked, would rapidly spread and choke out native species, reducing oxygen levels, which would suffocate fish and produce offensive odors.

I sit patiently, expectantly at my living room window. Suddenly, the blue van appears at the end of the street.

When I became a children’s librarian in New Hampshire I bought a vanity license plate that shouted out my passion and profession: READ2U.

The unusual spring and summer weather has its positive and negative aspects.

We have a big problem at the Norwood Senior Center with the poor condition of the floor and this is the second time in a year.

I have major concerns about the new floor in the big room.

After reading Candace Leary’s column I felt the need to clarify my issues which she wrote about in a recent column and that I’ve seen written about in the local newspapers.

That, I said to myself, is the sound of Norwood getting its new high school. What was planned, discussed, debated and debated some more, voted upon, and finally approved was now a reality.