Stockbridge DDA Bridge to the Future Covid-19 Relief Fund
Hello Stockbridge Community Resident, Small businesses in downtown Stockbridge are still struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic. Many have been able to make it through the initial round of shut downs, but they continue to face economic uncertainty. These businesses have given so much to our community over the years, it is now time for […]
Death Notice: Misty Oleta Barnett
Misty Oleta Barnett, age 44, of Munith, MI, passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. She was born on November 17, 1975, in Lampasas, TX. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at Caskey-Mitchell Funeral Home. A Graveside Service will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Fitchburg Cemetery. Funeral […]
Death Notice: Roberta Louise Tatar
Roberta Louise Tatar, age 80, of Gregory, MI, passed away at her home on Monday, June 29, 2020. She was born on May 29, 1940 in Stockbridge, MI. Visitation will be held at the Caskey-Mitchell Funeral Home, Stockbridge on Thursday, July 2, 2020 from 2-4 p.m. Funeral Directors are following current CDC recommendations during the […]
Stockbridge High School Students Awarded Patent
Stockbridge Junior/Senior High School 416 N. Clinton St. Stockbridge, MI 49285 Phone 517-851-7770 Fax 517-851-9446 Jeff Trapp, Senior High Principal Meghan Kunzelman, Junior High Principal/Athletic Director For More Information: Robert Richards Stockbridge InvenTeam (517) 898-9784 richardr@panthernet.net Stockbridge Students Awarded Patent On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 the U.S. Patent & Trademark […]
Obituary: Vladimir Theodore Bibicoff
Vladimir Theodore Bibicoff of Pinckney, age 78, died Monday, June 29, 2020, at his home. He was born August 4, 1941, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Vladimir Hilarion & Ethel Marie (Lapp) Bibicoff. Vladimir graduated in 1959 from University High School in Ann Arbor, and attended several colleges. He was a tool and […]
Obituary: Delores R. Johnson
Delores R. Johnson, age 78, of Munith, MI, passed away at her home on June 25, 2020. She was born in Marseilles, IL on April 25, 1942, the daughter of Joseph G. and Marion G. (Spencer) Przybylski. Delores had lived in the area since 2003, moving from Florida. She loved her family and spending time […]
Obituary: Matthew Johnson
Matthew Johnson, age 35, formerly of Stockbridge, MI, passed away of Huntington’s Disease on Friday, June 26, 2020 at the Kresge Rehabilitation Center in Chelsea, Michigan. He was born on November 29, 1984 in Lansing, MI, the son of Charles J. “Butch” and Marilyn E. (Smith) Johnson. Matthew grew up in the Stockbridge area and […]
Updated Information on the Bunkerhill Homicide
The link below is an update from the Lansing State Journal regarding the homicide that took place in Bunkerhill Township on March 30,2020. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2020/06/19/three-more-people-charges-connection-fatal-shooting-near-stockbridge/3226596001/
Kintsugi: Embracing the flawed or imperfect
by Amy Heylauff In the past two weeks I randomly heard kintsugi mentioned twice. So, I looked it up. It’s the art of repairing broken pottery with seams of precious metals. This pottery is considered more beautiful and valuable because of the mending. Wikipedia says kintsugi is an embracing of the flawed or imperfect. In […]
History of Metal Roofing
by Arlene and Ron Kaiser Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, was being built in 1769. It had a standing seam metal roof. Metal roofs with galvanizing were common in Canada 1850s, more common in post Civil War era in the United States. The Realy (Reuhle) homestead farmhouse had a meal roof in early photographs, and with […]