Reading, writing and road rules: tips for back-to-school transportation safety
DAYTON — As students, teachers and staff prepare for the 2023-2024 school year, drivers are given the heads up as the roads will be crowded once again. Back-to-school transportation affects not only school districts, students and parents, but also other motorists on the roads. This time of year is particularly dangerous due to the combination of young inexperienced drivers, school buses, and student pedestrians and bicyclists, all sharing the road. Plus, school districts resume class on different dates, so motorists encounter different situations as they drive through multiple districts in metro-areas.
A light in the night
The night was soft and sultry.
Crime and accomplishments in August
Crimes large and small dogged the dog days of summer. In August 1933, owners of Stewart Elevator lost $68 when the safe was blown.
August’s solace
August always sneaks in on me.
A recent misty morning
On a recent morning, I sat on a wooden bench near the front of the cottage, sipping coffee and savoring the signs of summer’s unfolding.
Guess What’s New In Reading?
Sweet summer is here and July is already slipping away. Never fear…we’ve compiled a list of some of the most popular books to read this summer. So dive in and grab a copy (or three) of this can’t-miss summer beach read you won’t want to put down. Away we go!
Generous, genial July
July begins — the year’s seventh month and the first full month of summer.
July news was mostly good
On July 22, 1948, the Brookville Star carried very good news. The Montgomery County Common Pleas Court ruled that J. D. Landis and attorney Robert Herkins were correct that Brookville had been wrong to return the land at the northwest corner of the village to Elgin Weaver in 1938 and that Golden Gate Park belonged to the village in perpetuity. (The case did not end there but continued until the state Supreme Court made the same ruling in 1960.)
Berries & memories
The dog and I were out for a ramble at a place not far from home.
Embracing summer
Summer arrives with the passing solstice — when, according to the word’s original meaning, the “sun stands still.”