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Stockbridge Community Outreach offers weekly, monthly food distributions
by Karen Smith, program director Throughout this long period of COVID lockdowns, the Stockbridge Community Outreach adapted to meet state guidelines and recommendations. We closed donations, we opened donations. Again, and again! Now, at the risk of confusing everyone (including ourselves!), we are ready to partially reopen the pantry to clients. Beginning in July, clients […]
OneBigConnection.org launches during Mental Health Awareness Month
Adapted from 5 Healthy Towns Foundation news release To foster and build community connections, optimism, resilience, and engagement, 5 Healthy Towns Foundation (5HF) and its partners are launching OneBigConnection.org (OBC) in May 2021, during Mental Health Awareness Month. OneBigConnection.org is a new virtual platform tool that anyone in the 5HF service area can use. […]
Faces of Mental Wellness Part 2: Mother, daughter discuss their journeys
by Tina Cole-Mullins and James Clark-Swalla There are many different faces to mental wellness. In our community, a few people have stepped up to join us in this difficult conversation and tell their stories. These people have experienced different forms of mental illness, a phrase that created its own stigma. The various diagnoses can include […]
Memories of good times spent with Dad, shared by area residents in honor of Father’s Day
compiled by Mary Jo David To celebrate Father’s Day, the Stockbridge Community News reached out to some area residents to ask them to share a favorite memory of times spent with their Dad. Following are their contributions. “As a kid I felt like my dad knew EVERYTHING! Now as an adult I’m pretty sure my […]
StockBIZ: Business news in and around Stockbridge
Crafting Lovely bucks the COVID trend, moves into a Stockbridge storefront by Mary Jo David Who says brick-and-mortar stores are passé? Certainly not Jennifer Conant, the proprietor of the recently opened Crafting Lovely store at 104 East Main St. in Stockbridge (corner of Main and Clinton streets). According to bigcommerce.com, “The COVID-19 pandemic has put […]
FROM CADL STOCKBRIDGE
by Head Librarian Sherri McConnell Summer is here and there’s so much happening at CADL Stockbridge. Starting on June 1 all CADL branches are opening for 45-minute browsing sessions! To get the latest on CADL’s opening go to cadl.org/safety or call 517-851-7810. June 1 is also the kick-off to CADL’s Summer Reading Challenge that runs […]
Memorial Day Program Information
Information obtained from Donita Ann Facebook Post. This year there will be a Memorial Day program. It will be different with the program being held at the cemetery and hosted by Mackinder-Glenn Post 510, American Legion on 5/31/2021 at 10:30a.m. There will be a short program with a guest speaker. After the program we […]
Student of the Month Spotlight: Ava Vaccaro – “Kindness makes a difference”
by Cindy Lance Ava Vaccaro an 8th grade student at Stockbridge Jr/Sr High lives by the guideline of being kind to others. She believes that this “makes a difference in peoples lives and can brighten their day.” Ava credits her parents and older sister of being great examples of this sentiment and to always doing […]
Top Ten Seniors for the Class of 2021
Keshava Demerath-Shanti Keshava resides in Munith with his parents, Shelley Wilson and Bill Demerath. He is Class Valedictorian, Graduating Summa Cum Laude. His academic honors include, President’s Award for Educational Excellence, 2021 Michigan Competitive Scholarship, Life Science Award, Algebra A, United States History, Chemistry, Algebra B, Geometry, Government and Economics, and Top Two GPA 9-11th […]
Bridge to Wellness: The circle of fit and a June challenge
by Gary Hicks I often recommend weight-bearing exercises (weight lifting and using body weights) to help people lose weight. How exactly does that make sense? To simplify the explanation, I use what I call “The Circle of Fit,” a play on the music theory term “Circle of Fifths.” The goal is to lose weight. To […]