We are on the cusp of a new year.

It’s a time for reflecting on the past 12 months and setting goals for the days to come.

Here at the Sounder, we are thankful for our advertisers, readers and story subjects, who made it an excellent 2011.

As we prepare for another year of covering our island communities, we are also announcing a new way of delivering the news.

Effective with our Jan. 18, 2012 edition of the Islands’ Sounder, we will switch from carrier delivery to direct mail delivery.

In addition, the Journal of the San Juans, Islands’ Sounder and Islands’ Weekly single copy delivery will no longer be distributed on Tuesday as has been the tradition, but on Wednesday, our true publication day.

What does this mean? You will still receive your Sounder on Wednesday, only now it will be in your mailbox. If you are used to picking up your paper first thing Wednesday morning at one of our local dealers, you will have to wait until that afternoon.

What do you need to do? Nothing, unless your mailing address is different from your current delivery address. If that is the case, please call our circulation manager Gail Anderson-Toombs at 376-4500.

We are excited about this method of delivering our newspaper – and we hope you are too.

Here’s to new beginnings for the new year.