May 12, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler Zachariah Kitzman put on a Luce County Sheriff Department uniform for the first time last week, having recently been hired to fill the department’s vacant position. It had been empty for about eight months. Kitzman is part of the Kitzman family that...
May 5, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler Roadwork may begin as early as this week in Portage Township if road restrictions are lifted in time, said Don Reed, township supervisor. This work, which encompasses slightly more than 19 miles of roadway, is possible after Portage Township...
Apr 27, 2022 | Features
By Sterling McGinn Newberry residents brought concerns about the village’s new trash hauling contract with Green for Life Environmental (GFL) to the Newberry Village Council. The council met Tuesday, April 19. In June, GFL will become the exclusive residential waste...
Apr 21, 2022 | Features
By Sterling McGinn Timber Charlie’s Restaurant has been a pillar of downtown Newberry for 33 years, and now it has added a pair of new owners to its growing legacy. Newberry residents Rob and Angie Doughty purchased the iconic business from longtime owner Ray Mahaffy...
Apr 13, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler This June, residents of the village of Newberry will say goodbye to the village’s waste hauling truck and will see Green for Life Environmental (GFL) garbage trucks. By June 30, no other hauler will be able to pick up waste in the village limits....
Apr 7, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler Genealogists and historians are delighted to plow through the enumeration data from the 1950 Census, records which were kept private by law for the past 72 years. While numbers and population figures were always available, the new information,...
