Nov 24, 2021 | Community
By Carol Stiffler Eryn Corinth, a 2017 graduate from Newberry High School, has spent the last nine months traveling with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a member of the FEMA Corps. She was one of the first people on the ground in Louisiana after...
Nov 16, 2021 | Community
By Paul M. Dake, M.D. Q: I’m in my late 30’s and quite certain that I had COVID-19 this past spring, given the symptoms that I had at the time. However, I was never tested for the virus, at that time, or since. When I saw my Primary Care Physician (PCP) last week,...
Nov 11, 2021 | Community
By Jennifer Dale-Burton The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of Directors has established a COVID-19 Rescue Act Vaccination Lottery to encourage tribal members and team members to get vaccinated to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The lottery will...
Nov 10, 2021 | Community
By Sterling McGinn Jamie Styes has been working in food service since he was 11 years old. It’s all he knows, professionally, and he’s cooking “low and slow” barbecue these days from right here in Newberry. Styes opened a mobile barbecue business with his wife, Jamie,...
Nov 9, 2021 | Community
By Paul M. Dake, M.D. Q: My 26-year-old son recently had to go to the Emergency Department because of severe pain in his side that came on quite abruptly; he was told he had a kidney stone that should pass within 10-12 hours, and was sent home with only a...
Oct 28, 2021 | Community
By Sterling McGinn Businesses have come and gone throughout Newberry’s 139 years in existents, and many have been forgotten. The Newberry Hardwood Manufacturing Company, or broom handle factory is no exception. Little is known about the small business. Located on the...
