Feb 3, 2021 | Community
By Carol Stiffler Kristina Duflo is in her first week as Coordinator of the Luce County LINK, taking over after the retirement of longtime coordinator Mary Archambeau. The LINK is a multi-faceted thing that can be hard to describe. It’s at once a safe zone for youth,...
Jan 27, 2021 | Community
By Carol Stiffler When the coronavirus pandemic put a halt to school settings and social environments, it held hostage one more front: jury trials. There were none held in Luce County in 2020, and not because none were needed. All of 2020’s needed jury trials are now...
Jan 24, 2021 | Community
Dear Newberry, Michigan: Greetings from your South Carolina cousins. Newberry, SC is situated in the middle of the state, in between the hills of our Update and the sands of Midlands S.C. I would say it is cold right now, but to y’all it’s probably warm...
Jan 20, 2021 | Community
By Sterling McGinn More of those grand, ornate buildings at the former Newberry State Hospital are going to fade into history. After several decades of sitting empty, the abandoned structures on prison property have been deteriorating and slowly removed when...
Jan 13, 2021 | Community
By Sterling McGinn Many area residents are surprised when they hear that downtown Newberry once boasted its own opera house. Yes, it did! The Bank Opera house was located above the bank on the corner of West Truman Boulevard and Newberry Avenue, the venue with a...
Dec 30, 2020 | Community
We continue our series catching up with former residents of the area. This time, we spoke to Corie (Fossitt) Harvey, a 1994 NHS graduate. What was your high school claim to fame? High school was a very busy time for me. I was involved in just about everything NHS had...
