Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk

Over the last week, our teams have been working on the new layout for the newspapers that will roll out soon. Recently, CherryRoad Media hosted a couple of community meetings to show samples of the new layout. If you were unable to attend one of those meetings, I’ll explain a little more about what you can expect to see here.

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From the Editor’s Desk

We’ve been teasing, a bit, in the newspaper about some upcoming new things. One of those things is both exciting for local businesses and exciting for subscribers. A new program, coming soon, called “Community Insider” offers our subscribers access to perks and rewards that make your subscription to the newspaper even more valuable.

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From the Editor’s Desk

Instead of the title under my name on this column, it should say, “written by someone who has ruined more cookies than you’ve eaten”. There’s something soothing about baking. It’s because it’s complicated, because it requires focus and proper measurements and methods, it pulls your focus onto the task at hand, while allowing you to set aside other worries. At least that’s what I tell myself every time I set my oven to 350 degrees in preparation of destroying yet another batch of cookies.

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Beyond Reason: Almost paradise…

I’m a very lucky guy. My family’s healthy. They pay me to do things I love. And my six-year-old daughter consistently ranks me as strongest man in the house. Also, once a year, I take a bit of time off and we spend time on this island. The island is tropical and lush and volcanic. People refer to the island in all sorts of ways but perhaps the phrase I hear most often is: almost paradise.

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