Student of the Month: Ayla Gerisch
by Cindy Lance Thirteen-year-old Ayla Gerisch, daughter of Aaron and Meghan and older sister to Khyla, is starting this fall as an active eighth grader. Gerisch maintains all A grades while participating in sports and National Junior Honor Society. Teacher Alexis Dyer, junior high mathematics, describes Gerisch as “a kind and conscientious student who not only works […]
Probility Physical Therapy to provide Athletic Trainers to Saline High School through 2022
SALINE, Mich. (Aug 15, 2019) – Probility Physical Therapy, a member of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System announced today that it will provide certified athletic trainers to Saline High School for a three year period, beginning Aug. 12, 2019. In addition to Saline Area Schools, Probility Physical Therapy provides athletic trainers to six other schools […]
Unadilla, a “Place of Meeting”
By Ron and Arlene Kaiser Names of the very first settlers that came from the east and took up land from the Government are still very well known today, as some of the descendants are still on the original farms or living nearby and many roads were named after these pioneer families. Eli Ruggles of […]
Waterloo Township Unapproved Board Meeting Minutes July 18, 2019
Call to Order: 6:00 p.m. Pledge Present: Lance, Walz, Kitley, McAlister, Morency. Residents present: Ted and Peggy Beals. Rob Hayes: Aggregate Industries Public Comment: None Consent Agenda: McAlister motioned with support from Walz to approve the consent agenda as presented. Aye/all; no/none. Motion carried. Correspondence: None Old Business: Walz gave a report on the last […]
Smith and Heritage playgrounds get a makeover
By Jill Marie Ogden As the clock ticks down to the beginning of the new school year, there’s a new shine to the playgrounds at Smith and Heritage schools. Weeds and water were flying recently as Panther Cubs PTO members held a cleanup day on the play areas. Members targeted both the overgrown weeds and […]
Unadilla Township Police Department Activity from July 14th-August 11th 2019
Sunday, 7/14 Suspicious Person-M-36/M-106 Assist Fire Department/Barn Fire-Spears Rd./Donohue Rd. Assist EMS-M-106/Doyle Rd. Verbal Domestic-McGaugh Ct./Orlando Dr. Malicious Destruction of Property-McGaugh Ct./Orlando Dr. Monday, 7/15 Suspicious Situation-W. M-36/Pingree Rd. Road Hazard/Tree-Williamsville Rd./Holmes Rd. Larceny-Livermore Rd./E. Trebesh Cir. Fraud-Doyle Ct./Doyle Rd. Disturbance/McGaugh Ct./Orlando Dr. Wednesday, 7/17 Property Damage Accident-E. M-36/Pumpkin Ln. Road Hazard-Bird Ln./Bullis Rd. Suspicious […]
Reach for the Stars Mini Space Camp
by Diane Rockall Twenty-four enthusiastic young people, primarily between the ages of three and six, attended “Reach for the Stars,” a mini-space camp at Stockbridge Branch of the Capital Area District Libraries, Wednesday, Aug. 7. The camp completed the summer reading program for that age group. Story lady, aka Samantha Huber, burned up some stored […]
Goals come to fruition: Trail renovations complete and segment paved in Village
by Matt Pegouskie. Photos by Patrice Johnson Molly Howlett, Stockbridge village president, has realized one of her long held goals for Stockbridge: to create an inviting, user-friendly paved trail along Mike Levine Lakeland Trails State Park. “I’m so excited to see it finally come to fruition, and isn’t it lovely!” Howlett exclaimed. As SCN reported […]
SRSLY Attends Anti-Drug Conference in Dallas
STOCKBRIDGE, Mich. (August 5, 2019) – Eight representatives from SRSLY have returned from the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) Mid-Year Training Institute in Dallas, Texas with a host of new skills and knowledge to help create change in Stockbridge. More than 2,000 substance abuse prevention specialists and advocates gathered at the conference, which was […]
Letter to the editor: Response to “This I Believe” essay
Dear Editor: We really enjoy reading the Stockbridge Community News, and after reading the essay, “This I Believe” by Keshava Demerath-Shanti in the August publication, as an American citizen I felt a need to respond. This was a well thought out and written article. You may agree or disagree with the content when you first […]