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Junior and Senior High Honors Night signals bright future for Stockbridge youth
On May 16, Stockbridge Jr/Sr High School recognized junior and senior students for their outstanding efforts, demonstrating once again that, thanks to the promise of America’s youth, the future looks bright. The Stockbridge Community News wishes to thank the Stockbridge Junior and Senior High School administration for providing the list of names and awards […]
Local EMTs deliver baby as ambulance races to hospital
revised 5/23/2019 by Mary Wilson and Patrice Johnson In the early morning hours of May 16, a call came into the SAESA ambulance from 911 services. A pregnant woman’s water had broken, the dispatcher said, and she was going into labor in a car en route to Sparrow Hospital. EMT paramedics Steve Gipe and Michael Biehn, both on […]
Unadilla Township Police Dept. activity April 7-May 14
Sunday, 4/7 Assist Village of Pinckney Police Department-Fairwood Dr./Mower Rd. Domestic Verbal-Williamsville Rd./Roepke Rd. Monday, 4/8 Suspicious Vehicle-Arnold Rd./W. Lakeland Trl. Grass Fire-Townview Ln./Stonehouse Dr. Wednesday, 4/10 Conservation/Dumping Complaint-Church St./Webb St. Thursday, 4/11 Boating Complaint-Pleasant Dr./Woodside Dr. Assist EMS-Templer Rd./Doyle Rd. ATV Complaint-Roepke Rd./Oklahoma Dr. Saturday, 4/13 Animal Complaint-Kaiser Rd./Hadley Rd. Assist EMS-Pleasant Dr./Woodside Dr. […]
Michigan Department of Education names SHS senior winner of Breaking Traditions 2019 Excellence Award
by Diane Rockall In a ceremony held on May 16 at the Michigan Historical Library, SHS senior Chloe Miner became one of four students statewide to win the Michigan Breaking Traditions 2019 Excellence Award. All told, 91 high school and college students were recognized for overcoming obstacles and stereotypes to succeed in career and technical […]
Chelsea retiree’s life: A lesson in navigating a small boat through rough waters
by Amy Heydlauff After reading last month’s article, “Failing Forward,” Trinh Pifer, retiring director of the Chelsea Senior Center, shared a glimpse of her life story with this writer. While Pifer is well known for her senior and outreach efforts in all five healthy towns, few people are probably aware of her harrowing story and […]
Stockbridge Library goes wild…with live animal program
by Jenny Smith The Stockbridge Branch of the Capital Area District Library went wild May 1 when a representative from Potter Park Zoo presented a live animal program. A box turtle, blue-tongued skink, Chilean rose haired tarantula, domestic rat, and a hedgehog-like tenrec from Madagascar all raised eyebrows and squeals of delight among all in […]
Where there’s smoke, there’s a SAESA open house and chicken BBQ
by Alex Weddon “It wouldn’t be a Stockbridge Memorial Day without our annual Chicken Barbeque,” observed John Beck, SAESA general manager when asked about the scheduled Memorial Day open house for the Stockbridge Area Emergency Services Authority’s impressive new headquarters. The former automobile dealership, located at the corner of South Clinton […]
Vision loss in modern-day America: A series on blindness
by Jill Marie Ogden Last month’s column presented a basic overview of blindness and answered some common questions. This article will cover a few skills a blind person may learn for completing basic tasks and suggestions for coping with the psychological effects of blindness. Many people who experience vision loss, especially later in life, receive […]
Stockbridge FIRST Robotics competes at World Championship
by Stockbridge FIRST Robotics team members and Patrice Johnson The good news was the Stockbridge FIRST Robotics team qualified for the FIRST Robotics World Championships. The bad news? These ninth- through 12th-grade students had one week to raise the $10,000 necessary in order to attend. They needed $5,000 for the registration fee, plus $5,000 for […]