Stockbridge
Free Cooking Class ~ Register with Stockbridge Community Outreach
Have you run out of steam in the kitchen? Get basic kitchen supplies and learn practical cooking with a pro. Six classes held on Mondays: April 12, 19, 26 and May 3, 10, 17. Held in downtown Stockbridge at old Back Street Restaurant Teacher Jackie Scheller, Vocational teacher/former restaurant owner. Class size limited to 9 students […]
Winds fuel field fire on Tophith Road
Area firefighters from six departments battled a large field fire Saturday, March 13, along Tophith Road, between Parks and Leeke roads, south of Stockbridge. The blaze destroyed more than 30 acres, according to Stockbridge Fire Chief Russ Stowe. No buildings were damaged and no one was injured. Firefighters from Stockbridge, Henrietta Township, Leslie, Chelsea and […]
Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball Teams Facing GLAC Title Showdowns This Week
It is down the the final week of the season and the girls and boys basketball teams still have GLAC title hopes heading into tonight’s games with Leslie. The boys face a must win situation tonight when they face the league leading Blackhawks. The Panthers trail Leslie by two games with two remaining. Stockbridge would […]
FROM CADL STOCKBRIDGE
by Head Librarian Sherri McConnell As the weather gets warmer the flowers aren’t the only things opening – CADL Stockbridge is planning on opening for in-branch visits on May 3! People will be able to schedule a time to browse the stacks and check out items in person. This service will be added to the […]
Free Cooking Class ~ Register with Stockbridge Community Outreach
Looking for something healthy, fun and free to do this spring? Get basic kitchen supplies and learn practical cooking with a pro. Six classes held on Mondays: April 12, 19, 26 and May 3, 10, 17. Held in downtown Stockbridge at old Back Street Restaurant Teacher Jackie Scheller, Vocational teacher/former restaurant owner. Class size limited […]
Stockbridge Township, in goodwill gesture, equips village police with lifesaving equipment
by Patrice Johnson Neighborliness, conspicuously lacking among state and federal entities, is alive and well in the Stockbridge community. March 3, in a goodwill gesture, the Stockbridge Township Board donated a used automatic external defibrillator (AED) to the Village of Stockbridge Police Department. “I want to thank Terry Sommer and the rest of the Stockbridge […]
SAESA’s emergency medical services save lives, and here’s how they manage it (SAESA, Part 2)
Below is second of a two-part series. Part 1, “SAESA’s firefighters, it’s all about helping community” appeared in last month’s February edition of SCN by Patrice Johnson A few years ago, local resident Diane Rockall dialed 911. Her husband, Art, needed an ambulance. This past New Year’s Day, she lay on the floor of her […]
Roberta Ludtke of Stockbridge wins our March Garden Of The Month
by Joan Tucker Dear Readers, Congratulations to Roberta Ludtke of Stockbridge, March’s winner for Garden of the Month. Can you imagine Roberta’s delight when she saw those baby blue Robin’s eggs nestled in the Begonia boliviensis? The yellow and pink coleus with a dainty purple flower really makes this grouping of flowers eye-catching. This cluster […]
Fond memories of attending a one-room country school
by Audrey Z. Martini My family moved to the Bunkerhill/Fitchburg/Stockbridge area just before my fifth birthday. Our party-line phone was a Fitchburg exchange, our address was Stockbridge, but we lived in Bunkerhill Township. Three school buses went by our house: one for Stockbridge, another for Dansville and one for the Catholic school. When I was […]
Donation renews interest in agriculture at Stockbridge Jr./Sr. High School
Students growing plants in simulated lunar soil with help of FarmBot by Bob Richards Thanks to a donation directed by local farmer Ben Topping, students at Stockbridge Jr./Sr. High School now have access to FarmBot, a high-tech farming machine. Topping directed a $2,500 America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to the Stockbridge Area Educational Foundation. The […]