The warmest season of all is coming! Warmth inside our hearts, that is. Canned food drives have started, along with year-end donation planning and winter coat collections for those in need. Finally, the first visual signal that winter is really coming to Beacon: the Highway Department's annual job of hanging the wreaths when they aren't in their trucks collecting residents' raked leaves. Streets throughout Beacon are going to sparkle with storefront decorations and twinkling house lights. Toast with hot chocolate to this highly creative time of year!