Holidays
New Year’s hopes and dreams … 2022
compiled by Paul Crandall To celebrate the New Year, the Stockbridge Community News reached out to area residents to ask about any hopes, dreams or resolutions they may hold for 2022. Following are their contributions (some have been edited for brevity). “My goal for the next year is to take more vacations away from the […]
How many memories can a Christmas tree hold?
by Mary Jo David White trees and flocked trees are in vogue this Christmas, with splashy tinsel and baubles in a single hue or bulbs and ribbon in a simple duet of colors. Google it and you’ll find Christmas 2021 has official color themes. The one I found listed “joyful brights” as this season’s theme, […]
Christmas on the Farm holds a successful silent auction
by Joan Tucker Christmas on the Farm continues to be a local holiday event that attracts new visitors as well as the devoted winter crowd enjoying the Christmas spirit. One of the major attractions is the silent auction. Holiday baskets, a boy’s bike, a photo shoot and airplane ride gift certificate were part of this […]
St. Joe’s Chelsea to Offer Christmas Meals to Families in Need
St. Joe’s Chelsea will be providing free Christmas meals to families in need this upcoming holiday. Members of our community who are unable to afford a Christmas meal are invited for a free meal provided by St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea. Due to the pandemic, we are unable to gather this year, but meals will be […]
Mother Nature Creates Winter Wonderland for Tenth Annual Festival of Lights Parade
Article and photos by Hope Salyer Falling snowflakes glisten in the wind as emcee Gordie Kunzelman announces the start of the tenth annual Festival of Lights parade. Area residents lined Main Street in downtown Stockbridge to watch the light snow and kick off the Christmas season on Saturday, Nov. 27. With Santa stopping by the […]
Small Business Saturday Underway in Downtown Stockbridge
Small Business Saturday kicked off the Festival of Lights celebration on November 27 in downtown Stockbridge. The One Stop Holiday Shop, located at the Jr/Sr High School, will be open until 4 p.m. today. Local businesses around downtown Stockbridge are open today, and many are participating in the Elf Stops from 3-6 p.m. today, followed […]
A local look at Christmas, past and present
by Tina Cole-Mullins The Christmas season is here again and family, friends and community prepare to join as one to celebrate. Jack Frost is nipping at our noses as the weather turns cold and we get our first taste of winter. But this does not deter true Michigander shoppers from pushing through the hustle and […]
From CADL Stockbridge
Some holiday events coming back to library by Head Librarian Sherri McConnell While some things have been put on hold, some of our much-anticipated holiday traditions have returned to the library this year. The reindeer are coming! Come by CADL Stockbridge on Monday, Dec. 13 from 3:30-5 p.m. to rub their noses and scratch their […]
Garden Club deck the hall–historic Stockbridge Township Hall
by Judy Williams It’s looking more like Christmas around Stockbridge thanks to 23 Stockbridge Area Garden Club members. The mighty members divided into four groups to conquer the holiday task. The hardier members took on the work of trimming the 9-foot spruce donated by Molly and Rick Howlett of the Howlett Tree Farm, […]
Stockbridge graduate honors local veterans
by Tom Tucker Early in the morning of Nov. 11, 2021, Pat Flannery starts a mission he has repeated for 11 years—honoring the gravesites of veterans who served between the Civil War and the present. Flannery, a 1975 graduate of Stockbridge High School who now resides in South Dakota, recently drove to the area to […]