Stockbridge Township, in goodwill gesture, equips village police with lifesaving equipment
by Patrice Johnson Neighborliness, conspicuously lacking among state and federal entities, is alive and well in the Stockbridge community. March 3, in a goodwill gesture, the Stockbridge Township Board donated a used automatic external defibrillator (AED) to the Village of Stockbridge Police Department. “I want to thank Terry Sommer and the rest of the Stockbridge […]
Donna Stephens, the first female prison corrections officer in Michigan
by Judy Williams What makes a homemaker and mother of five decide to undertake a career as a female corrections officer in a male facility? “Why not?” Donna Kathryn Wilson Stephens is likely reply. In 1969, when her family was mostly grown, Stephens became the State’s first female corrections officer. Stephens was working at the Jackson […]
SAESA’s emergency medical services save lives, and here’s how they manage it (SAESA, Part 2)
Below is second of a two-part series. Part 1, “SAESA’s firefighters, it’s all about helping community” appeared in last month’s February edition of SCN by Patrice Johnson A few years ago, local resident Diane Rockall dialed 911. Her husband, Art, needed an ambulance. This past New Year’s Day, she lay on the floor of her […]
Obituary: Nora Helen Allen
Nora Helen Allen, age 76, of Stockbridge, MI, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2021 at Medilodge of Livingston in Howell, MI. Nora was born on June 11, 1944 in Bad Axe, MI, daughter of Rex and Pauline (Collins) Bates. On November 2, 1963, Nora married Lloyd Allen, and he preceded her in death on […]
Build a Snowperson or Snowanimal Contest Entry
Sarah Swieringa with her Snow Pig Keturah & Moriah with their Snow Bunny
Fond memories of attending a one-room country school
by Audrey Z. Martini My family moved to the Bunkerhill/Fitchburg/Stockbridge area just before my fifth birthday. Our party-line phone was a Fitchburg exchange, our address was Stockbridge, but we lived in Bunkerhill Township. Three school buses went by our house: one for Stockbridge, another for Dansville and one for the Catholic school. When I was […]
St. Joe’s Chelsea Administers 5,000th COVID-19 Vaccine
On March 3, St. Joe’s Chelsea administered its 5,000th COVID-19 vaccine, less than three months after the first vaccination at the hospital. Mary Gullett, a 72-year-old from Manchester, was the excited recipient. “I feel very fortunate to have received a vaccination appointment, and to be a milestone vaccine recipient at Chelsea is wonderful,” Mary said. She […]
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea among world’s best according to Newsweek
CHELSEA, Mich. (March 3, 2021) – St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea appeared on the 2021 list of Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals, which was released online today on the publication’s website. St. Joe’s Chelsea was ranked the second best hospital in the state of Michigan according to the report. This is the second year in a row that St. […]
Donation renews interest in agriculture at Stockbridge Jr./Sr. High School
Students growing plants in simulated lunar soil with help of FarmBot by Bob Richards Thanks to a donation directed by local farmer Ben Topping, students at Stockbridge Jr./Sr. High School now have access to FarmBot, a high-tech farming machine. Topping directed a $2,500 America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to the Stockbridge Area Educational Foundation. The […]
