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Rural Perspectives: Dame’s rocket can bloom off and on all summer
by Diane Constable Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) is a non-native plant that belongs to the mustard family and can be found along our country roads and field edges. Other common names are sweet rocket, dame’s violet, and mother-of-the-evening. It is a biannual plant that grows in a small mound the first year. The second year […]
Stockbridge Athletics celebrates Mental Health Month through partnership with Project Stockbridge
Information provided by SRSLY Stockbridge If you attend a Stockbridge sporting event this spring, you may notice the teams sporting new warm-up shirts. These shirts are one part of a larger mental health campaign, Project Stockbridge, that launched in 2022 and is highlighted every May, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. Project Stockbridge, which […]
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia: Eric Clapton’s Persian rug may carry hidden message
by John Robinson Q: I noticed while watching an Eric Clapton DVD there is a large ornate rug on the stage floor which looks like the same rug I noticed in other videos. There must be some significance to the rug. Can you find out what it is? A: That large Persian rug is a […]
Outreach in Action: Mary Myer, dedicated volunteer and board member, retires after 25 years with Outreach
by Jackie Scheller In the field of volunteerism, there are some genuinely amazing, pioneering leaders whose stories are sure to motivate you. Mary Myer of Stockbridge is one of those people. Like so many other volunteer leaders, Myer learned from the late Margaret Wild, a founder and champion of Stockbridge Community Outreach, along with several […]
Beyond City Limits: The differences between rural and urban schools
Published in Uncaged, April 2024 by Olyvia Hoard, Uncaged Social Media Manager This article is being reprinted, with minimal edits, from the Uncaged Student News April 2024 edition. Education serves as the cornerstone of society, yet the landscape of schooling varies greatly between rural and urban settings. While both environments strive to provide quality education, […]
From CADL Stockbridge
Too many books? Donate them to a good cause by Head Librarian Sherri McConnell It’s spring-cleaning and yard sale season and those full boxes of books need somewhere to go. The Stockbridge Branch has been getting a lot of calls recently about whether it takes book donations. The Friends of the Stockbridge Library run an […]
Ask an Expert: 5 examples of hidden damage found after a car crash
by John and Theresa Kightlinger Believe it or not, rear-end collisions are the most common type of car accident, making up about one-third of all collisions. If you’ve ever been involved in a rear-end crash where someone hit your parked car, or you experienced some other type of accident, you probably know that a car […]
Reading between the Lines
Can’t Go Wrong with Vera Wong by Jessica Martell Vera Wong is one of the most charismatic, outrageous and lovable characters in contemporary fiction. Set in a fading corner of Chinatown in present-day San Francisco, “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers” by Jesse Q. Sutanto is a laugh-out-loud murder mystery featuring a victim who had it […]
Camping or glamping—the choice is yours
by Mary Jo David After many enjoyable years of tent camping and then pop-up camping, our kids grew up, and we morphed into cushy campers, meaning we switched gears to trailer camping with real walls and a television! Some may consider our current mode of fifth-wheel camping as “glamping,” but if you’ve ever seen celebrity […]
Woah Nellie!
What happens overnight in the kitchen stays in the kitchen! by Mary Jo David Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Well—not exactly a chicken dinner, but something that could maybe go with a chicken dinner. This month’s 100-year-old recipe is Nellie Maxwell’s “Potato Pancakes (Russian)” from the May 3, 1924, edition of the Stockbridge Brief-Sun. And I […]