In this issue: A report on an exercise in democracy - the August 25 Special Town Meeting concerning the placement of monuments to New Marlborough veterans.

Also: A Select Board report on the future home of Town Hall; the response to the severe storm of September 6; new steps to curb speeding in town; a look up at the night sky in October; a profile of Larry Burke; an In the Beginning installment from 2001; synopses of two influential speakers’ remarks at the Meeting House; a story about two of Mill River’s newest denizens; an introduction to SBRSD’s new administrators; a look at the restoration work along the Konkapot in Hartsville; and lots more!