Welcome to The Connection Magazine’s September 2020 issue. Having not published in June because of the COVID 19 pandemic, it feels great to be representing the courageous local businesses who are working hard every day to provide goods and services to our community.
In the past few months, we have seen profound changes in our personal lives and the ways we interact on a business level.
Throughout this pandemic period, The Connection Magazines’ has continued to support the local business community by keeping them visible, in print for the April issues, and through our extensive social media channels. We continue to applaud all the businesses that have used their creativity and reimagined their practices in order to come out stronger!
Our “new normal” will continue to present challenges and opportunities we may never have envisioned: curbside delivery; social distancing protocols; customer personalization practices, and, new business models to survive this new world. We are committed to promoting our local businesses and helping them thrive in an environment that is foreign to all of us.
The Connection Magazines stand by our dedication to continue to be a leading resource, to inform, to engage, and involve the communities we serve. We will maintain support for our common theme: SHOP LOCAL! 
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Our Warren-Watchung “Spot the Fake Ad” winner is Patricia Bernhard of Warren. Patricia won a gift from 688 Boutique.
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Local artist, Donna K. Read, adorns our front cover with a beautiful watercolor with some gouache entitled, “Morning Light”. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting, Donna worked as an illustrator using a variety of mediums, including pen & ink, gouache, and acrylic. She then took a watercolor class and has been working in watercolor ever since. About this piece, Donna states, “ I look forward to spring and early summer when flowers are blooming so I can photograph them. Sometimes I will have an idea for a painting that may be just about the light or a combination of colors and I will go through my photos to see what inspires me. In this painting I wanted the light to accentuate the details in the roses and have the surrounding colors mingled together like they do on a summer evening.” Please read Donna’s impressive bio on page 8.
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