Happy birthday, U.S.A! The Fourth of July is indeed the day to annually celebrate that occasion and this year the Fourth will occur on a Sunday. So various area celebrations might be a little more spread around than other years, since Sunday is on a weekend.

For instance, the state and counties are celebrating on Monday, July 5, as is the federal government, including the Post Office!

And this will have signaled the end of June, as well. That month has passed by way too quickly, which always seems to be true for us at our office. Especially with having to publish five Wednesday newspaper editi...