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Heartworm disease in pets is preventable
by Cindy Anderson, DVM Heartworm disease is one of the most common, harmful, and potentially fatal diseases contracted by pets, especially dogs. In fact, more than a million pets in the U.S. have heartworms. It’s a severe disease caused by parasitic worms living in your pet’s heart, lungs, and surrounding blood vessels. Heartworms can cause […]
Outreach in Action
Regardless of which came first—chickens or eggs—Outreach is grateful to local FFA chapter by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall The timeless conundrum of which came first – the chicken or the egg – acquired a literal meaning at Stockbridge Community Outreach as we tried to recall our first contact with Stockbridge Jr/Sr High School’s Future […]
Bridge to Wellness: Early spring brings early tick season
by Jennifer Matthews The early arrival of spring may also bring an early arrival of ticks and other insects. Stockbridge is part of a confirmed area where Lyme disease can be transmitted by the bite of an infected deer tick, which is also known as the blacklegged tick. A bite doesn’t necessarily mean you will […]
Rural Perspectives
Preaching the word about Jack-in-the-pulpit by Diane Constable If you walk through our wet woodlands this spring, you may find a neat, green wildflower called Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema tripyhllum), which gets its name because it looks like a minister preaching in a pulpit. Other names for it are Indian turnip and brown dragon. The hooded part […]
Get Involved: Community volunteers needed to advise Chelsea Hospital leadership
information provided by Chelsea Hospital Nancy Ventimiglia is the chairperson of the Patient Experience Advisory Council at Chelsea Hospital. She recently shared information with the Stockbridge Community News to explain what the group does, how it has a direct impact on the care patients receive at the hospital, and more. Q: What exactly is the […]
Clyde’s Corner: Cheaper by the dozen…but what about 2 dozen!
by Clyde Whitaker As you read this, you may think it’s a case of “Believe It or Not.” Let me assure you, it is a true story—to the best of my research and recollections—about my grandfather, Morgan C. Whitaker, and his two wives named Mollie. (Yes, you read that correctly!) Morgan was born in Magoffin, […]
UTPD Activity from Thursday, February 1st-Thursday February 29th, 2024
Friday 02/02 Unknown Accident- Hadley Rd./Barnum Rd. Assist EMS-M 36/Dutton Rd. Sunday 02/04 Assist Other Agency-Wasson Rd./Weller Rd. Disturbance-Main St./Dewey St. Monday 02/05 Assist EMS- Arnold Rd./W Lakelands Trl. Death Investigation-Dexter Trl./Dutton Rd. Wednesday 02/07 Citizen Assist-Webb St./Church St. Sunday 02/11 Patrol Information-Gregory Rd./Spears Rd. Welfare Check-Hadley Rd./Barnum Rd. Monday 02/12 Domestic Assault in progress-Stockbridge […]
Active Aging: Let SASC help you to reimagine what the word ‘senior’ means
by Dana Blaszkowski In education, “senior” is used to specify a higher level of knowledge and growth and reserved to designate the highest classes for those in high school and college. In the corporate world, “senior” signifies advanced experience and expertise and is often considered a career goal, as in “senior executive.” Likewise, I use […]
Reading Between the Lines
‘The Harvest Gypsies’ paved the way for Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ by Chuck Wisman The classic novel of literary realism by John Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath,” was published in 1939, later winning a National Book Award and a Pulitzer prize for fiction. In 1940, it was an Academy Award winning movie starring […]
Women of Note: Jill Ogden landed in Stockbridge and hit the ground running
by Mary Jo David In and around Stockbridge, you often hear people joke that even after 20 or 30 years of living in the community, they’re still considered “newbies” by those whose families have lived here for generations. Jill Ogden is the exception to the rule. Although Ogden’s parents—Colleen and Mark Redfield—have lived in Stockbridge […]