Like most newspapers these days, the Harvard Press is more than the print publication you're reading right now. Although we're proud to be, by far, the highest-circulating weekly paper in town, we're also proud to offer another way to read the Press, on our website, www.harvardpress.com.

Once or twice throughout the week, we'll post stories online that can't wait for our Friday publication: background for a meeting you might be attending or breaking news on a decision that you might want to know right away. And of course, all our news and feature stories are available online each Friday. Subscribers can go even deeper, accessing letters to the editor and other opinion content, classified ads, and an archive that goes back to 2006, when the paper was founded.

Our website also gives you the opportunity to register your opinion and interact with us and other readers through the comments section at the bottom of each story. Harvard residents are remarkably well informed and engaged on local issues. For evidence of this, look no further than the thriving "Letters to the Editor" section of the Press or the impromptu discussion groups that regularly form around the coffee pots in the General Store or at the counter in Dunkin' Donuts. Why not take it online?

Just as we encourage thoughtful, well-written letters to the editor and "Consider This" opinion pieces, we encourage a healthy and cordial exchange of ideas online. Comments on the web are less formal and more immediate than letters. And you don't have to fear personal attack; the Press staff closely monitors comments to make sure things don't get out of hand.

So if you read a story that moves you, angers you, or confuses you, and you feel that you have something to say about it, go ahead, leave a comment. Help us make harvardpress.com the dynamic and plugged-in community online that the town of Harvard is offline.