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Boys Seventh Grade Basketball Team Beats Maple Valley
Photos and story by Connie Risner 7th grade boys basketball team beat Maple Valley 41 – 9 at Maple Valley.
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St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea receives prestigious top hospital award
from Bobby Maldonado Each year only two percent of U.S. hospitals receive award NOVI, MICHIGAN, Dec. 7, 2017 – The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM), a nonprofit group comprised of Michigan’s largest employers and unions, along with The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality for consumers, employers and purchasers, […]
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Governor Snyder signs law naming a section of M-52 after fallen Deputy Grant Whitaker
by Patrice Johnson and Sophia Adams Gov. Rick Snyder made it official December 5 when he signed Senate Bill 509 into law at the Romney Building in Lansing, Michigan: A portion of State Highway M-52 in Stockbridge will be renamed as the “Deputy Grant Whitaker Memorial Highway” in the fallen deputy’s honor. Grant Whitaker’s […]
SHS varsity basketball tips off season with loss to Bath
by Steve Doran Last night, Dec. 5, tipped off the Panther varsity basketball season with a home game. Stockbridge Panthers versus the Bath Bees. Bath won 54-31
Annual Friends of the Stockbridge Library silent auction closes with flurry of bidding
by Paul Crandall The Friends of the Stockbridge Library’s annual silent auction closed this year on Nov. 30 with a flurry of bidding on a bumper crop of donations. Some 224 items were donated to the auction, more than any year in recent memory, and pledges reached $2,020 – the highest amount pledged at auction […]
Sixth annual Beverly Penix Toy Drive a success
by Bob Castle The spirit of Christmas and that of Beverly Penix were well served Saturday night, Dec. 2 at the sixth annual Beverly Penix Toy Drive, held a the American Legion Post in Stockbridge. The event, planned by her two daughters, Jodie Hamon and Allison Powaga, was designed to collect toys for deserving children in the […]
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Masons Donate to Outreach and Install New Officers
Friday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m., the Free Masons Lodge donated a check for $1,000 to Stockbridge Outreach in support of families in need for the holidays. “We are very pleased and excited about supporting Outreach,” Mason C.G. Lantis said. Following dinner, the Masons installed new officers as follows: Worshipful Master, Jon Beck; Senior Warden, […]
“Christmas on the Farm” at Waterloo Historical Society Opens to Sunshine and Family Fun
photos and article by Patrice Johnson Banjo music and the aroma of “stollen,” German for coffeecake, filled the mid-19th century Realy Farmhouse on Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3. The Waterloo Historical Society’s “Christmas on the Farm,” always a hit during the first weekend in December, was underway to sunshine and blue skies. Smiling families, garbed in […]
Michigan Department of Education Visits Stockbridge Schools
Audio visual recording by Kali Roskowski and Zabrina Yannella Article by Patrice Johnson, Elizabeth Cyr and Bob Richards If the Michigan Department of Education executive expected a ho-hum walk-through when she visited Stockbridge Community Schools on Thursday morning, Nov. 30, she was in for a surprise. “We are pleased to have MDE Chief of […]
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Elvis Impersonator to Rock Back Street Toy Drive
Toy Drive for Stockbridge Community Outreach kids party on Saturday night Dec. 2, 2017 from 8 to 10 p.m. at the newly renovated Back Street Bar & Family restaurant in Stockbridge. Over 100 families in the surrounding Livingston and Ingham County area are in need of assistance this Christmas. Toys are being collected all week […]