Editor’s note: The Perkiomenville branch of the Montgomery County S.P.C.A. has so many loving and deserving animals being housed at the facility, The Community Connection will be featuring adoptable pets each week.

Deanna Samuelson, right, laughs after her 9-year-old dachshund Taylor finished a race in the Highlands Ranch Oktoberfest dachshund race Sept. 18.

L’Observateur LAPLACE – The visually talented art students at East St. John High School returned to the St. John Animal Shelter Monday to add to the collection of art already adorning its walls.

Deanna Samuelson, right, laughs after her 9-year-old dachshund Taylor finished a race in the Highlands Ranch Oktoberfest dachshund race Sept. 18.

Editor’s note: The Perkiomenville branch of the Montgomery County S.P.C.A. has so many loving and deserving animals being housed at the facility, The Community Connection will be featuring adoptable pets each week.

There’s a change in the air, a crispness signaling the arrival of fall — the perfect time of year to take advantage of the area’s outdoor events and activities. Here are a few to get you started.

There’s a change in the air, a crispness signaling the arrival of fall — the perfect time of year to take advantage of the area’s outdoor events and activities. Here are a few to get you started.

There’s a change in the air, a crispness signaling the arrival of fall — the perfect time of year to take advantage of the area’s outdoor events and activities. Here are a few to get you started.

There’s a change in the air, a crispness signaling the arrival of fall — the perfect time of year to take advantage of the area’s outdoor events and activities. Here are a few to get you started.

CLIFTON PARK — When Colette McComb walked into Terrence Cage’s Performance Pianos in Clifton Park looking for a teaching position, little did she know that more than one marriage would ensue.