The Record’s Back-to-School edition on newsstands Thursday, Aug. 11 The Canadian Record staff is already busy gathering information for its annual Back-to-School edition.

Do you have federal student loans? Have you worked in public service (for a government agency, the military, or a nonprofit organization)? If so, find out whether you’re eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) limited waiver, which expires on Oct. 31. Thousands of federal student-loan borrowers have used the waiver to get closer to total loan forgiveness.

My husband, Peter, and I are back in our little place in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Of course, it is not really “our” place.

A little more than 27 years ago, voters approved the collection of an additional penny in sales taxes here in Canadian. One-half of that penny was dedicated to economic development efforts, and the other half to a reduction of city property taxes.