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Alpena Community College 2023 Spring Semester Dean’s List
Following is a list of Alpena Community College students from your area who have been named to the 2023 Spring Semester Dean’s List. I hope you will be able to include their names and accomplishments in an upcoming edition of your newspaper. The Dean’s List recognizes students of great distinction who have earned perfect 4.00 […]
Unadilla Twp. Police make multi-count felony arrest after year-long investigation resulting from human trafficking tip.
Information provided by Unadilla Township Police Department On Friday, May 26, 2023, Unadilla Township Police arrested Daryl Lanzon on a multiple count felony warrant issued by the Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office. The charges included four counts of sexual assault, unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder or by strangulation, […]
Bridge to Wellness
Give Your Brain A Break: The Power of a Quick Meditation by Kathy Walz, LMSW, CPC Spring is here! The birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and it seems like we have been waiting a long time for this. If you’ve taken a minute to notice the green surroundings or the music in the trees, […]
Carl Manoogian, area World War II veteran, dies at 96
by Tina Cole-Mullins Memorial Day will be a time of sadness and grieving in Stockbridge following the recent loss of another member of America’s Greatest Generation. Carl Manoogian, who had been one of the few remaining World War II veterans in the Stockbridge area, died Sunday, May 21, only eight days before Memorial Day. He […]
Free Sparrow medical-clinic-on-wheels at Outreach in June and September for drop-in visits
by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall At last, summer is in the air. With it comes the welcome return of mobile health care to the Stockbridge area, offering no-charge services on a drop-in basis. Staffed by physicians and nurses and dedicated to providing care to those who lack access , the Sparrow Mobile Health Unit […]
Third year of Crucible Endurance Hike benefits Fisher House
by Clyde Whitaker The Crucible and its 20-plus miles of endurance hiking returned for a third consecutive year. This year’s hike, organized by Crucible creators Juston and Carrie Schotte, started and ended at the Portage Lake Campground. About 300 people signed up to support the cause this year and helped benefit the Fisher House Foundation. […]
Rural Perspectives
Eastern white trillium can be found in area woodlands by Diane Constable With its large white petals, the Eastern white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) is a favorite woodland wildflower in our area. Trilliums are members of the lily family. The plant grows from a type of underground stem covered with roots called a rhizome. It also […]
Unsolicited, amateur sleuthing pays off in this mystery novel
by Shuyler Clark With her husband passed on and her adult son emotionally distant, sixty-year-old Vera Wong spends her days operating her teahouse in an increasingly gentrified San Francisco. The lack of customers and excitement weighs her down until she discovers a dead man in her teahouse. Believing the cause of death to be murder […]