The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Our Review of the Year, in this week’s edition, is a good opportunity to contemplate our recent past, and kind of get a grip on what really happened in a year that was definitely more up-beat than 2020, but still had its rough spots.

And, as we tell on page 1 of this issue, it ain’t over yet. Another round of the coronavirus is upon us and our state leaders are once again trying to figure out what to do about it.

If we were to try to come up with a one-word summary of 2021, we’d be hard-pressed. The past year was complicated, but it also was encouraging. Maybe that one word should...