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Rural Perspectives: Temperature has a hand in determining the sex of these turtles
by Diane Constable As you travel this spring along the many waterways surrounding us, you will likely see our State Reptile—the Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta). It is easily identified by its yellow, orange, and red markings and a reddish bottom shell. Because they are cold blooded, these turtles spend much of their day […]
Community Calendar
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‘Stolen Focus’ examines reasons for the epidemic of shortening attention spans
by Shuyler Clark Journalist Johann Hari realized he had trouble focusing. With his attention torn between work, social media, and other factors, his lifestyle felt diminished. Despite his efforts to fix this, including a three-month retreat from the Internet, he could not focus on the things that mattered to him. Suspecting more to his dilemma, […]
Obituary: Mary I. Laturie
Mary I. Laturie, of Gregory, MI, age 77, passed away on April 28, 2023. Mary was born on July 9, 1945 in Detroit, MI and was the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Wines) Pomerico. She had lived in the Gregory area since 1972, where she owned and operated Windbrook Boarding Kennel for over 40 years. […]
Woah Nellie!
Scalloped Onions and Peanuts—100-year-old recipe is not all it’s cracked up to be by Mary Jo David Every month, I scour through four old issues of the Stockbridge Brief-Sun weekly newspaper to find a 100-year-old recipe to recreate. For example, to write this month’s Woah Nellie! column, I looked through the four issues from May […]
Outreach in Action
Lori Hendrick is an Outreach staple who wears many hats by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall At first glance, the Stockbridge Library (CADL) seems to be in a very different business from Stockbridge Community Outreach, yet we have many things in common. We both serve the general public. We both offer services at no charge. […]
2023 Stockbridge Lions Easter Egg Hunt once again a great success
by Andrea Stickney It turned out to be a picture-perfect, sunny afternoon for the 2023 Easter Egg Hunt at Veteran’s Park. Held Saturday, April 8 this year, the annual event was organized and hosted by the Stockbridge Lions Club. Fifty eager young participants ranging in age from 1 to 10 were accompanied by their parents […]
Coming Soon: New Commercial Builds in Stockbridge
The rumors have been confirmed: Stockbridge will have two new commercial builds in the near future. Both have received Planning Commission approval. Following are some early details. Dollar General Market: This will be an enhanced Dollar General, meaning it will have a larger grocery section. The company is hoping to break ground in late May […]
Staff Spotlight: Sarah Vowels discusses role models and engaging her students
by Amy Haggerty Sarah Vowels teaches 7th grade social studies. She also began teaching high school yearbook, which is taught as a class in Stockbridge, when Elizabeth Cyr retired. “My favorite days are when I overhear students talking to their friends and they say, ‘it’s the end of class already? It went by fast,’” Vowels […]