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For 5th straight year, SCN writers honored by national journalism group
by Agnes Geiger The Stockbridge Community News earned six awards in this year’s National Federation of Press Women’s At-Large Communications Contest. Judy Williams, a writer who also serves as SCN board treasurer and Editor-in-Chief Mary Jo David, who’s also a writer and columnist for the paper, produced and submitted the winning entries. This is the […]
Bus Drivers Wanted
Stockbridge Community Schools are Now Hiring $120.42 a day for full-time drivers at 6 hours per day. Paid training — no out-of-pocket costs. No weekends / holidays. Snow days and summers off. You’re home when your children are. Full-time driver option of year-round pay. Split hours for appointments. Hours: 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. […]
Schwartz Family Market grand opening set for June 25 ‘We don’t have much of anything, but we have a lot of everything!’
by Tina Cole-Mullins It took a little longer than planned, but the Schwartz Family Market soon will open in a limited capacity following a devastating fire last February. To celebrate, the market and the Amish community will host a Pancake Breakfast and Grand Opening Celebration from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 25. Pancakes, […]
The Market is on the Town Square: June 24
The Open Air Market of Stockbridge began its 12th season on Friday, May 6, on the township square in downtown Stockbridge. Each week through October 28, we will be open from 4 pm to 7 pm, and we will have a full line up of Market Music. This week, Market items include: strawberries, rhubarb, radishes, […]
Death Notice: Dianna Lynn Burgher
Dianna Lynn Burgher, 74, of Stockbridge, Michigan, died June 13, 2022 at Chelsea Hospital from congestive heart failure.
Obituary: Richard Ralph Steinaway
Richard Ralph Steinaway Died June 8, 2022 at 9:34am Knoxville – Richard Ralph Steinaway, 71, of New Market, Tenn. died at Fort Sanders Hospital from a ruptured brain aneurysm. Born August 9, 1950, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was the son of Waldo and Mary Ellen (McLaughlin) Steinaway, who proceeded him in death. On April […]
Obituary: Dianna Lynn Burgher
Dianna Lynn Burgher Died June 13, 2022 at 6:45pm Chelsea – Dianna Lynn Burgher, 74, of Stockbridge, Michigan, died June 13, 2022 at Chelsea Hospital from congestive heart failure. Born January 4, 1948, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she was the first-born daughter of Russell and Shirley (Snider) Armstrong, who proceeded her in death. On June […]
Rural Perspectives: The gray catbird, a summer visitor, can sing two songs at once
by Diane Constable I thought I heard a kitten! The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is a summer resident in our area and is a bird more likely heard than seen. One of its favorite calls sounds just like a mewing cat, which is how it got its name. This handsome bird has a deep gray […]
Behind the scenes of Gregory’s 4th of July celebration tradition
by Judy Williams A lot has to happen behind the scenes before you hear the oohs and ahhs of the Gregory Fourth of July celebration. Most of the background tasks are handled by the hard-working Fourth of July committee. These 10 dedicated individuals have been planning the 47th Independence Day Celebration for almost a year. […]