The results are in and election season has come to a close. If you skipped it, visit our front page (or www.covnews.com) to read up on the results of the elections. To everyone who took the time to vote, thanks for doing your civic duty.

To all the candidates, we would like to thank you as well for your interest in serving your community. Winner or not, the willingness to stand up and try to help your community should be commended.

To our winners, we'd like to congratulate you, and say that we look forward to working with you in the future. Feel free to contact us if we can be of service.

We expect all our newly-elected officials to treat their new positions with reverence and professionalism, and we expect each of you to serve your community as dutifully as you can.