More sad news this week in our little town.
A six-year-old Fairhaven girl died this weekend, and the Wood School community, the whole town, really, is reeling as we try to comprehend the unimaginable sorrow her parents, sister, and other family members are feeling.
There are no words, really, when it comes to something that just is not supposed to happen.
Some people did not want us to write about young Teagan Palmer’s death. But I think that is a disservice to her and to her family. We should be there for each other in times of need. And we can’t be there if we don’t know that something happened.
Not that there is much we can do, really. But, maybe it’s enough to simply keep in mind how very fragile life is. And, as we go about our regular days, keep in mind that we might just cross paths with someone who has had a thing like that happen in his or her life. Let’s try a little patience with each other, even if just for a little while.
The young Wood School student was not the only sad news we got this week. Town Hall employee Bobby Bruso, who was the town’s cable access director, also died rather unexpectedly. We do not have a story about Bobby in this week’s issue. The news just got to me too late to be able to write up something. But, I didn’t want to let it go unmentioned.
Bobby only started a few months ago, I think. He was only 55, had lots of energy, and put his whole heart and soul into revitalizing the cable access in town.
He was all over the place with his cameras in hand, had a good group of students from the high school helping out, and would often exclaim, “How lucky am I?” when talking about the talent from our high school that he got to work with.
He was a hard guy not to like and he will be missed.
We have other news in here, of course.
Our cover story is a look back at the Great Blizzard of 1978. A few readers submitted their recollections of that storm. The stories are lots of fun to read. See pages 12 and 13 for that. If you have a story you’d like to share, I think I can be persuaded to run it next week. So, if you missed the deadline, feel free to send it in anyway.
We also have a story about the Fairhaven Star, Fairhaven’s old weekly newspaper, being digitiized and posted online (see page 5). I have pored over many pages of the old Star on a few occasions as I researched one thing or another over the years. Now, we can do it online. I ran across a few people this week who were whining about electronics, and smart phones and the internet and the mushing of American brains. I say BULLoney. The Fairhaven Star is online for anyone, anywhere, anytime, and for any reason to read.
And that’s a beautiful thing.
Until next week then…see ya,
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