Time to get ready for the holidays, but hopefully you can fit in getting your CLARION submissions in by 5 PM (Walpole time) on Friday, December 20, a week from now. A difficult month for timing with both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve on Wednesdays. The way Christmas falls impacts my printer’s holiday production schedule, as do the postal holidays. Your January issue will hopefully be in the mail by the end of the month, but I will be publishing January 2025 on the CLARION website on December 30. If you have never seen the on-line issue, you may enjoy seeing it in full-color, something I have been able to do now for almost a year.

Your early submissions are always welcome and appreciated as I start developing the layout well beforehand. If you have some “news” send it along. In addition, I like to have on-hand material of interest that is not time-sensitive to fill space to round out a pleasing issue. So, if you would “like to be in print” and have something to write and share (images as well), send along for possible inclusion space permitting. Please do remember, it is the advertisers in each issue that make this community publication possible, so please support and thank them.

If you have any questions, or interest in placing an advertisement, reaching over 1900 Walpole, North Walpole and Drewsville addresses, I welcome your inquiries, so please do get in touch with me. Advertising information and contact information is on the CLARION website.

Thank you, RAY BOAS, Publisher