Editor's Voice

By Rochelle Karina

The weather is warming up and folks are starting to head outside and enjoy all the terrific fun that abounds in Anne Arundel County.

The calendar this month was full of environmentally focused events – Earth Day celebrations in Severna Park and Annapolis, Kinder Farm Park’s baby animals, and more. Schools are starting to focus on end-of-year events, testing, prom, graduation and preparing for summer break.

It’s no different here at The Voice where we’re grabbing our cameras and notepads to head outside and catch the local community enjoying the tastes of spring. We want to encourage our readers to share their photos as well! If you have photos of your family enjoying the terrific weather at a local park, or your kids playing on the playground, or from your favorite spring sporting event, we’d love to share it with our readers!

You can submit photos directly to our Director of Digital Media, Ellen Kinsella, at Ellen@severnaparkvoice.com. Ellen keeps our Facebook page and blog pretty active and she’s always excited to see new material coming in.

This month, the Pigman family sent in a terrific shot of 9-year-old Jack with a 36-inch Striper he caught north of the Bay Bridge – look for his picture on our website. Their photo is exactly the sort of thing we want to see more of – our readers, our community, sharing their activities.

Don’t forget our online calendar, where registered users can enter their events for the entire community to see. Our Facebook page is very active, and we love to feature community events and happenings.

On a more controversial note… We’ve recently changed the format of our Opinion columns. Each month, we give opinion writers Scott Davis and Patrick Weadon a hot topic and ask them to offer their usually opposing views. Last month it was same-sex marriage and this month it’s medical marijuana.

We want to encourage readers to chime in on these topics as well. Readers can send an email to spvnews@severnaparkvoice.com, or can log on to the website and comment on the articles there.

We value your opinions, and we want to share them!