Holidays
Stockbridge Community Thanksgiving
A wonderful burst of new volunteers from age 4 to well past that came forward to provide an admirable Community Thanksgiving to end the events 25th year and begin its 26th. Food service was provided from just before 11:30 a.m. starting time to just before 2 p.m. closing time. The meal consisted of Turkey, gravy, […]
Sundae’s With Santa and Stuff a Bus
This year Sundae’s with Santa is scheduled for December 8 at Township Hall sponsored by the Stockbridge Lions Club. The event welcomes all children, old and young to visit Santa and later enjoy Sundaes made possible by the local Lions Club. Bourree Dance and performers will entertain as well as Boyer the Magician (Jeff Boyer). […]
Stockbridge Community Outreach Coat Drive
New coats, mittens, hats, gloves and scarves are being accepted at 114 Wood Street from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m from now until December 15. Items will be distributed through Stockbridge Community Outreach. 114 Wood St. is next to the Stockbridge library. All ages, all sizes are being accepted. Call Susan at 517-775-1610 for […]
Community Thanksgiving celebrates 25 years
by Diane Rockall Lena Montgomery and her son Beau, along with Craig and Laurie Goodlock, started a community tradition 25 years ago. The first Community Thanksgiving was held at Munith Methodist Church. It grew out of the desire to share our blessings and our thanks with all in the community. In the first year, 25 […]
Unadilla Township scores another hit with 4th of July Celebration- 44th year
Residents lined the streets and gravitated toward patches of shade, braving 90-degree heat to see the 44th annual Gregory Parade. Smiling cloggers seemed not to notice the rising temperatures as they transitioned from one song to the next, hands on their hips and feet tapping in sync. “I’ve come to every 4th of July parade […]
Stockbridge library’s holiday open house bigger and better than ever
by Paul Crandall The Stockbridge Library of Capital Area District Libraries (CADL) was hopping with holiday cheer on Sunday, Dec. 10 with about 100 guests visiting the library’s annual holiday open house. Top-flight jazz presented by the Generations Quintet and delicious refreshments catered by Suzi Greenway propelled the festivities, as the weather followed suit with […]
“Christmas on the Farm” at Waterloo Historical Society Opens to Sunshine and Family Fun
photos and article by Patrice Johnson Banjo music and the aroma of “stollen,” German for coffeecake, filled the mid-19th century Realy Farmhouse on Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3. The Waterloo Historical Society’s “Christmas on the Farm,” always a hit during the first weekend in December, was underway to sunshine and blue skies. Smiling families, garbed in […]
Looking Back
by Diane Rockall December brings the celebration of Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the final day of the year. It is a time of preparation, extra baking, getting together with family and friends, shopping for and wrapping gifts, Holiday greeting cards, and perhaps more than all else, memories of the past. Not surprisingly a […]
Sixth Annual Festival of Lights Brings Cheer and Joy to Stockbridge Residents
Article and photos by Hope Salyer Christmas music flows through the breeze of the crisp winter air in downtown Stockbridge. The Stockbridge Township Hall is lit up with white Christmas lights. The smell of freshly made kettle corn and hot dogs grilling travels through the air as residents from as far as downtown Lansing, Mich. […]
Stockbridge Community Thanksgiving 2017: 24 Years of Warming Hearts and Bodies
by Diane Rockall Work goes on year around as volunteers gather donations and recruit helping hands for the annual Community Thanksgiving, for the past several years held in the Heritage School Cafeteria. A small group of enthusiastic volunteers assembled in the High School cafeteria on Tuesday evening to cook turkeys. Wednesday, many of the same […]