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Submit your winter photos to be featured in the March edition
Calling all winter photographers! Submit your winter photos from around the area to SCN for a chance to be featured in the March issue! Submit your photos to stockbridgecommunitynews@gmail.com or on Our Facebook page to be featured.
Send a valentine to a Stockbridge area senior citizen!
Do you want to brighten a local senior citizen’s Valentine’s Day? Create a valentine by February 14 (handmade or store bought cards are welcome!) and drop it off at the Stockbridge Township Office, located at 125 S. Clinton St., between 9 a.m. and noon Monday-Friday, or mail it to Stockbridge Area Senior Center, P.O. Box […]
Fire Overnight at Schwartz Family Market
by Mary Jo David As if the weather isn’t enough to contend with, the owners of the Schwartz Family Market are faced with a more difficult situation. Last night, their store and barn at 4200 S. Williamston Rd. caught fire. Initial, unofficial reports mention that no one was hurt. Their house and their horses are […]
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Adiska Family Dental—Accepting New Patients
Adiska Family Dental is family owned and operated. We value our patient relationships providing gentle, compassionate dental care. We have modern equipment you would expect from a big city dentist, with personalized care and convenience of your hometown. We are proud to be a part of this community and we make it a point to […]
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Ask an Expert: Why are safety system recalibrations so important?
by John Theresa Kightlinger Many newer cars come with mandatory electronically controlled safety systems like air bags, along with optional collision avoidance features like forward crash, lane departure and blind spot detection alerts. These high-tech systems help avoid accidents, save lives, or at a minimum, reduce impact severity. But even with these innovations, wrecks still […]
Obituary: Margurite “Peg” Helfrich
Margurite “Peg” Helfrich, age 84, of Stockbridge, MI, passed away on January 29, 2022. She was born the daughter of Helen (Piepelo) and Wilford L. Palmer on February 9, 1937. She married Dennis Helfrich, Sr. in February 1996, and he survives. Margurite was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother – with an unwavering sense of […]
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From the superintendent’s desk
Stay positive and ‘be the change’ in 2022 After a month into this new year, many of us would say that this is not what we were hoping for, as the COVID numbers have been on the increase and it seems like daily life is a challenge. Did you make a New Year’s resolution? Did […]
A glance in the rearview mirror
February 1922—Egg-eating hens. Eleven husbands. Dimples on dollars. by Mary Jo David The following news excerpts are from February 1922 editions of the Stockbridge Brief-Sun newspaper. These are mostly reproduced in the original, without edits or corrections. Visit the Stockbridge Library to view electronic copies of old local news publications dating back to 1883. […]
Death Notice: Susan Marie Cole
Susan Marie Cole, age 50, passed away on January 16, 2022. She was born on April 20, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan. Susan grew up in Stockbridge and attended Stockbridge High School. Arrangements by Caskey-Mitchell Funeral Home.
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PAUL DOBOS, DDS FAMILY DENTISTRY—WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOUR DENTAL NEEDS
Our goal, in addition to providing exceptional dentistry, is to treat every patient as a family member. My staff and I are like-minded and adhere to very high standards of care. We use only the best dental materials and the laboratories we employ are either local or Michigan based. We always inform our patients of […]