A holiday? Never heard of it.

I must start by apologizing the the readers who've been on this blog since it started not too long ago. It's been a while since I've had a day off and this past weekend I got to enjoy three of them in a row. How lucky!

But now it's back to the grind and we're busy working on the next issue of The Item all while this week's paper hits the stands today. You may notice several slight changes to the look of your paper, but you also may not. It's subtle.

Last week, getting two papers together to honor the early Memorial Day deadline, was a bit hectic, but everything got done. You will notice, however, we haven't got much Memorial Day coverage in the paper because of that deadline, but I'll do my best to recount the Hamburg happenings through the blog as we continue through the week.

Our main story this week is focusing on the changing face of education for Hamburg elementary students. I've never had the pleasure of learning in a brand new school, but what's in store for students set to attend the new Tilden Elementary school should be quite exciting.

It will truly be "Out with the Old" as the schools I visited last week were in desperate need of some updates, though they keep a certain intimate atmosphere. Every new school I've attended seems rather antiseptic at first, but so does a new house until it's made a home.

In Sports, the deadline (again with the deadline) forced us to miss the Tulpehocken girls' District 3 triumph over rival Fleetwood, securing a championship and a high seed in tonight's PIAA tournament first round match against Wyoming Seminary at Exeter HS.

Also, be sure to check out the story on Page 13 of the Kutztown woman winning a new Ford Mustang at Schlenker Ford in Hamburg. I won't deliver any spoilers here: the short story is definitely worth a read.

Keep checking back for those Desktop Backgrounds I promised on today's Front Page, too.

Happy reading!