Welcome to our first issue of Boyle McCauley News for 2017. Our theme this month is “Pets,” which tends to bring out a lot of submissions about people’s memories and experiences of their animal friends and family.

This issue sees the return of the “Dining Out” column, which was on hiatus for a while. Welcome and thanks go out to Megan Elizabeth, our new restaurant writer, who will be bringing us the latest tastes of the area.

It’s always great to get new writers and photographers. We have an email list to keep people who are interested in contributing, informed of upcoming themes, deadlines, and assignments. If you would like to be added, send me a message at editor@bmcnews.org.

We are also taking names for people interested in taking on a route as a block carrier. Block carriers deliver the paper each month to a specific route, usually the length of one block. You can send me an email to the same address as above to get on a list to be notified if and when a route becomes available.

I hope that 2017 has gotten off to a great start for all of you, and that the year brings much health and happiness. Enjoy the issue, and see you in March!