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Dear Gabbie:

Dear Gabbie: Community Facebook groups can be great, especially when they’re used to post yard sales or giveaway items, offer assistance to neighbors, or to share fun activities going on in the area. A local Stockbridge area Facebook group often posts helpful information like that, but lately it seems like it’s been overrun with people […]

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2026 November Midterms: What you need to know to vote locally

compiled by Mary Jo David Mail-in voting has already begun for the Nov. 3, 2026, midterm elections in Michigan, with early-in-person voting and election-day voting to follow. Check out your municipality here to find out about voting locations and what’s on the ballot locally. This article only covers local voting details and initiatives. Every citizen […]

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Positive Parenting

Transparency is a two-way street; raise kids to be civically engaged by Kelsey Rasmussen As the digital world speeds up, our children learn instant gratification as the norm. Yet the gears of government turn much slower. The gap widens between how things get done and what youth have the patience to learn. It’s never been […]

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Faces of Addiction

Scars of sober support—The other side of the story by Tina Cole‑Mullins October is a month that brings its own kind of clarity. It asks us to look at addiction not just through the lens of the person fighting it, but through the eyes of the ones who stand beside that fight. With Substance Abuse […]

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Kids Halloween costume exchange at Stockbridge Library October 1-31

by Kristin Shea The Stockbridge Library is excited to announce a new holiday project: A Halloween costume exchange! From Oct. 1 through Halloween, the library is asking members of the community to consider donating any costumes your children have outgrown. Bring these costumes to the CADL Stockbridge branch and either donate them or exchange them […]