The 2008-09 high school athletics year is in the books and it’s time (drum roll please) to present this year’s Suburby Awards.

There is no hardware attached to these awards. They are unofficial and were arrived at unscientifically. I did not pore over reams of statistics. These calls are made from the hip and based purely on one person's opinion.

That festive time of the year is fast approaching folks. I'm talking about the July 4th celebration of this country's birthday. The anniversary of our independence. Let's face it, no one does it across the nation quite like we do in the Portage Lakes. There's the boat parade, the gigantic fireworks display out over the waters of Turkeyfoot Lake, this year the newly added festival of boat lights and it all starts with the Antique and Classic Boat Show this weekend.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads.

We all know how kids will push parents until they learn their limitations. Their actions toward grandparents are no different. After all, as grandparents who were once in their shoes, we still recall how their minds work.

Now there are three main principles that begin “being green.” It seems these days that nearly everyone is now making an effort to be more “green” so that people can make their household look for environmentally, and be more friendly.

Anytime changing the guard occurs, it's emotional. Mixed or otherwise, is immaterial. What's important is the very act itself becomes poignant. That's happening now in the heart of the Portage Lakes. After eight years serving as principal of Nolley Elementary School, Dennis L. Archey is trading his books for a tackle box.

Student Zac Loraditch writes a tribute to a teacher.

This letter is our response to the recent letter to the editor titled “Reader is concerned about Springfield-Lakemore Police Merger.

With high school graduations right around the corner, I already had the joy of sitting through the college version this past weekend.

New Coventry High head football coach Neal Kopp says it’s all he’s ever known. “If you do the math, I was born in ’67 and dad was coaching in 1968, that’s all I’ve known pretty much my whole life,” Kopp said.