Chris Carosa

It’s that time of year again! Get the warm blankets out, put the fireplace on, and pop the popcorn. Turn on the TV and watch your favorite Christmas special. Do you know the story behind the “Big Three”? Read

The Sentinel’s own Tim & Deb Smith have released their second book just in time for the holiday season. This one is titled Tit For Tat Exchanges ~ Tim & Deb’s Greatest Hits. It compiles what they consider to be

Yes, you are special. We all are. Why? Because we share a common heritage, even though most of us don’t even know what it is. What is it?  Read all about it – and why December 16th is our region’s birthday – in t

Sometimes a seemingly easy choice can present quite a challenge. What happens when you want two very similar things but can pick only one? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Would You Rather Experience Joy or Sat

It’s been 400 years since the Pilgrims first landed on those rocky shores of Massachusetts Bay. Why is that important? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “1620 – A Quadrennial That Defines America” to relive wh

Born with joy and hope, the new village soon found itself bound by the realities of the world. Things happened. Not very good things. Then, just a quickly, everything changed. Why? Read this week’s Carosa C

If you could go back to the very beginning of something, what would it feel like? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “A Look Back (Part I): An Early (1841) View Of A New Village” and experience a distant time

Different times call for different remedies. Yet, for all the acceptance of the changing world, we live in on a planet where history unfailingly repeats itself to those paying attention. Are you paying attention?

If you can manage to think back far enough, you’ll come to a time when answers were simpler to come by. Do you remember those times? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Thoughts on Andy Griffith, Mayberry, and O

Stop thinking and start doing. That’s the mantra of every entrepreneur. But that’s only the first step. There’s another more important and often ignored step on the road to success. And many entrepreneurs only

If we pay close attention, nature has a wonderful way of offering instructive metaphors. They can be sad, but they are universal. They apply to us. They apply to those who came before us. Want to see one? Read

BY DREW SAUR
How do you define a good neighbor?

A neighbor is someone who doesn’t live with you, but lives nearby.

A good neighbor is a neighbor who is there when you need them.

A good neighbor i

There’s something, uh, “interesting” about interesting times. As scary as they might appear, they contain a kernel of promise, a potential to excite, to achieve. How do we know this? Read this week’s Carosa

Here’s an idea. Keep doing things the same way forever, even when the playing field changes. The sweet truth lies beyond the dimension you’re so comfortable with. When you break that mental barrier, how should you

Take a trip in a time machine to a past not too long ago when friends would gather to enjoy each other, enjoy the summer, and enjoy the time they had together. When was this time? Read this week’s Carosa C

This is an editorial I wish I never had to write, but silence can no longer be appropriate. It disheartens everyone when injustice is used in the name of justice. For this to truly stop, when need to address the

Here’s an idea. Keep doing things the same way forever, even when the playing field changes. The sweet truth lies beyond the dimension you’re so comfortable with. When you break that mental barrier, how should you

Fall is approaching and if you are a Medicare consumer that means Annual Enrollment Period is just around the corner. Each year Medicare beneficiaries are allowed to select a NEW Medicare plan between October

As a kid, did you ever go on a trip far away and then come home only to discover you left your favorite toy in the hotel room? That’s an apt metaphor for this week’s essay. Only, it’s not a toy that’s being d