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Air Force ‘Singing Sergeants’ to honor veterans on a Midwestern Tour
Information provided by The U.S. Air Force Band The United States Air Force Band’s Singing Sergeants from Washington, D.C. are heading out on a seven-day community relations tour to Ohio and Michigan. The tour honors the service of Airmen both past and present and showcases Air Force excellence to communities across the midwestern part of […]
Three decades of A Day in the Village have celebrated the coming of summer
by Tina Cole-Mullins When it’s Father’s Day weekend, school’s out and temperatures warm up, it’s time to get out and celebrate. For three decades, Stockbridge’s annual A Day in the Village has enabled families and friends to gather together for fun, food and festivities in town. This year, the festival marks a special anniversary. “The […]
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 […]
Livingston County’s Planning Department Invites Residents to Attend Their May 29th Master Plan Workshop
HOWELL, Mich. – Livingston County residents are invited to attend the 2025 Master Plan Workshop to help guide the development of the County’s new plan. The workshop will take place on May 29th from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the Livingston County Public Safety Complex at 1911 Tooley Road in Howell. RSVPs are required by […]
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 […]
On Memorial Day: Remembering Elias Sweet and more than 1 million others
by Ben Fidler Elias strung together his sack filled with boots and woolen socks, maybe fresh bread from his mother Eunice. His father, Lamech, may have hugged him so tightly it held back their tears. Behind the family, at the Sweet Farm in Waterloo Twp., the dairy cows bellowed. Elias turned one last time to […]
Summary of Waterloo Township Board Meeting April 30, 2024
A regular meeting of the Waterloo Township Board of Trustees was called to order at 7:00pm. The following motions were made and approved: Approval of Consent Agenda including the March Board meeting minutes; agree to Comcast “Uniform Video Service Local Franchise Agreement” and assess a 0% franchise fee to Waterloo residents; Extension of Ordinance O-23-10-24-02, […]
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 […]