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,...
Mar 30, 2022 | Features
By Brice Burge The Michigan Department of Treasury announced that $42.2 million will be distributed to 163 municipalities and counties as part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. Both the county government and the municipality that holds a...
Mar 23, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler After eight years of ownership at the Newberry Country Club, Lance Byrns has decided to sell the 220-acre property. Working with Beth Rose of Beth Rose Real Estate and Auctions, he’s listed the country club up for an online auction that is already...
Mar 16, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler A McMillan man is dead after a devastating fire early in the morning on Wednesday, March 9. Derrick Maddox, 42, was a well known drummer on the local rock music scene and leaves behind thousands of friends and acquaintances. Release of Maddox’s name...
Mar 9, 2022 | Features
By Carol Stiffler In a famous Cold-War speech given on June 26, 1963, U.S. President John. F. Kennedy declared “Ich bin ein Berliner” – “I am a Berliner”. Today, many Americans and even local residents feel such a tie to Ukraine, currently under siege by Russian...
