By John Waltman The Newberry News has been kind enough to allow me to offer some information on the CR 407 road project. Thank you. Many folks have questions about the project, and not all information out there is correct. First, the road project is solely a Luce...
By Bill Diem Michigan’s job picture right now is the best it has been in the 21st Century, yet I hear people all the time saying that jobs are not being filled because people don’t want to work ever since they got free money during COVID. I think that anyone who wants...
By Bill Diem In the 19th Century, Americans here and there around the country established Utopias, communities in which people would live cooperatively and without conflict by following a certain set of rules. One had been in Ohio, near my Boy Scout camp. Zoar was...
By Cossondra George When I was growing up (back when we wrote with rocks in the dirt, before paper was invented), children were taught to respect their elders. Period. Sir, ma’am, please, and thank you were the norms. We now allow children more autonomy. We have...
Our township is facing a possible crisis from which there would be no coming back. Township Board members have stated that except for Ed Auge, none of them intend to run for another term. There seems to be a consensus that there won’t be enough people interested in...
To the Editor: The “powers that be” in the Village of Newberry Government recently announced that they will proceed with their agenda to chop down the scenic trees that line Newberry Ave. This is after they publically announced late last fall that the decision would...
