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Stockbridge Community Resource Guide 2019
GROUPS AND RESOURCES THAT ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY The Stockbridge area is home to a wide array of nonprofit and charitable organizations, all for the benefit of local residents. The information below represents the Community News second try at compiling descriptions and contact information. Not listed or notice an error? Please accept our apologies and email […]
Top Stories of 2018
Throughout 2018, readers voted with their clicks on their favorite SCN stories. Here are the top-ranked website and Facebook stories by month (excluding lost-and-found dog postings–those stories always shot through the roof). January: Old Katz School to become Katz Communities by Judy Williams Rumors swirl around the community as to the fate of the old Katz Elementary […]
Can you identify January’s ‘Where’s Waldo’ mystery location?
Think you know the area? Here’s chance to prove it. Each month, SCN photographer Rose Collison is selecting a mystery location within the Stockbridge School District. Names of readers who correctly identify the subject of the photo will be entered into a drawing, and one overall winner will be selected. January’s winner will receive a […]
Red-tailed hawk a local native
article and and photos by Rose Collison Red-tailed hawks have a bony ridge above eye for extra protection, a large wing span (on average) 58 inches, a hooked beak to catch prey easier. They are the most common North American hawk, and can be sighted year around throughout most of the continental U.S., usually either […]
Community Spotlight: Munith farmer Dean Katz lives life of family and faith
by Cindy Lance “And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker.’ So God made a farmer.” These words of Paul Harvey, delivered in a speech to the FFA in November 1978 in Kansas City, Mo., aptly describe lifelong Munith resident Dean Katz. Dean has spent his […]
Breaking news: Stockbridge Schools selected major grant awardee from Michigan Marshall Plan
Monday, Dec. 17: Stockbridge InventTeam Consortium was today named one of nine talent consortia awarded a total of $15 million to improve state’s talent development and education excellence system. Estimates put the Stockbridge award in the range of $200,000. More to follow.
Local author named first-place winner of national book award
by Judy Williams Congratulations are again in order for first-time author Patrice Johnson. The Stockbridge resident and editor-in-chief of the Stockbridge Community News was notified that her book, “The Fall and Rise of Tyler Johnson” is the first-place winner of the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Award for new nonfiction. The panel of judges, made […]
From the Superintendent’s Desk: Bond update
Dear Parents and School District Community, It is my pleasure to pass along information on our final construction project with remaining construction bond funds available. We are at the very end of our bond construction projects, and we have enough bond funds remaining for a small scale project. The project scope includes a small maintenance […]
December’s ‘Where’s Waldo’ mystery location
Think you know the area? Here’s your chance to prove it. Each month, SCN photographer Rose Collison is selecting a mystery location within the Stockbridge School District. Names of readers who correctly identify the subject of the photo will be entered into a drawing, and one overall winner will be selected. December’s winner will receive […]
Bald Eagle patrols rural area
article and photos by Rose Collison The bald eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. Mass. 6.6-14 lbs., […]