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Stockbridge Township Hall renovations complete after year-long construction project
Information provided by Mandy Urquhart, Stockbridge Township Deputy Clerk In 2023, after more than 50 years, the Stockbridge Township Hall meeting room, kitchen and two bathrooms were fitted with a much-needed facelift. The renovations, which started in the fall 2022, were completed in December 2023. The Township board budgeted $200,000 for the renovation out of […]
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 […]
Who cares about weather when there are eggs to hunt!
Details and photos by Andrea Stickney Considering how early Easter fell this year, it’s not surprising that the day before Easter dawned cold and wet. But that didn’t stop the kiddos who showed up for the annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Stockbridge Lions Club. The kids had a ball, as usual. Each left […]
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 […]
Celebrating Women’s History Month
Marge Abbott (1910-2013): Local writer, poet at heart by Tina Cole-Mullins Many in Stockbridge may have known Marjorie “Marge” Abbott as a successful businesswoman, a co-founder of the Abbott & Fillmore Agency on Main Street in Stockbridge. But Marge was a woman of many talents, including a published author and poet. In March 2019, the […]
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 […]
Free Money! In this case, it may be worth investigating.
by Chuck Wisman How often do we see advertisements for “Free Money!” only to read the fine print and discover the ad is a classic rip-off? Actually, a potential source of “free money” exists for some via the Michigan Department of Treasury’s Unclaimed Property Division. Medical firms, insurance companies, utilities, and other businesses routinely submit […]
Sheriff’s Office Drone Leads Lost Subjects to Safety
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at approximately 5:45 a.m. Ingham County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of Seven Gables and Dexter Trail in Ingham Township for 3 adult subjects who were lost in the state game area. The 3 subjects advised dispatch that they were not from the area and they were wet and […]