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Outreach in Action
Can you spot the spring taking shape? by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Finally! It is gardening time and Outreach is preparing to receive over one thousand starter plants from the Greater Lansing Food Bank later this month. These will be given away to our clients and local “grow a row” gardeners. Based on what […]
Staff Spotlight: From ‘Jeopardy!’ answers to life lessons, English teacher Rita Stricklin leaves lasting impressions with her students
by Mary Jo David When 10th- and 12th-grade English teacher Rita Stricklin starts telling you about her own high school years, her love for all things “English” comes up immediately. But give it a minute, and you learn she loved everything gym-related as well … and history, did I mention she loved history? Oh, and […]
Reading Between the Lines
And the stalker makes three: Moriarty delivers a love story with a twist by Jessica Martell It’s a stretch to call Liane Moriarty’s work literary fiction, but “The Hypnotist’s Love Story”is a step above the kind of cozy mysteries and beach reads I’m usually drawn to. Moriarty creates interesting characters, subjects them to clever plots, […]
5HF offers free Community Wellness Program
Join the Wellness Connection. Program begins May 4. Information provided by 5 Healthy Towns Foundation Beginning May 4, 5 Healthy Towns Foundation (5HF) invites you to join us for an 8-week wellness program that is accessible from wherever you are in the 5HF region. Follow along and join the conversation on 5HF’s Facebook and Instagram […]
Bridge to Wellness: 2025 Wellness Coalition survey results and insights for Stockbridge
by Matt Pegouskie Stockbridge Area Wellness Coalition (SAWC) gathered for their regularly scheduled meeting on March 17 to discuss survey results, consider several grant and sponsorship requests, and share updates from their respective organizations. The first matter of business was a presentation by 5 Healthy Towns Foundation in which representatives shared results from the 2025 […]
Active Aging: Finding the fairway and a clearer path ahead
by Alexa M. Ten Eyck There is a quiet moment on a dewy spring golf course, just before the first swing, where the path ahead feels peacefully challenging. A golfer steps up to the tee, settles in, and takes the shot. The ball lifts into the air before landing cleanly in the fairway. Every golfer […]
Positive Parenting: Why it is so hard to protect our children online?
by Kelsey Rasmussen Put bluntly: Safeguards to keep children safe online are inadequate. Dr. Lauren Girouard, an expert in digital literacy and psychology, explains this in her public lecture “Exploring Digital Privacy from a Child’s Perspective,”during the University of Michigan’s Privacy@Michigan series. Despite parents’ eagerness to protect their children online, Dr. Girouard reports 20% don’t […]
Voices of Service: UTPD Detective Brad Patton digs in on cases that require deeper investigation
by Melissa McPherson Detective Brad Patton always knew he wanted to work in law enforcement. He grew up watching The Rockford Files and Adam 12 and would listen to a neighbor’s police scanner on the weekends, imagining himself as a crime fighter. Originally from Hartland, Detective Patton worked for the Brighton Police Department for […]
Stockbridge Police Department: Service Log for February 2026
Submitted by Chief Randolph Krause on March 9, 2026 Calls For Service: 92 Service Call Types: Animal Complaint: 1 Assault: 1 Civil Disturbance: 2 Hazardous Situation: 1 Noise Complaint: 3 Police Assist to EMS/Fire: 10 Property Damage Accident (PDA): 2 Retail Fraud: 1 School Checks: 12 School Crossing Guard: 27 Traffic Stops: 5 Vacation Check: […]
Stockbridge FFA students bring robotics, research to Dominican Republic
by Melissa McPherson On Feb. 22, students from the Stockbridge Jr./Sr. High School FFA Underwater Robotics Team, escaped the frigid Michigan weather and boarded a plane to the Dominican Republic, but this was no tropical vacation. These students left on a mission that was to be focused on underwater robotics and environmental research. The first […]