Posts published in “History”

BY EMILY MALEK On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Romeo Community Archives hosted a Scanning Party. For those who don’t know, these events involve people receiving high-quality scans of their photographs to ensure long-term preservation. In…

The local museums in Washington, Bruce and Romeo area have many artifacts and photos that can be a mystery to describe and interpret. You can help your community museums by e-mailing your best description of…

BY EMILY MALEK The Romeo Peach Festival is six months away, and the Romeo Community Archives will be there this year to conduct oral histories about the cherished event. The Romeo Peach Festival has been…

BY EMILY MALEK Presidents’ Day is, in many ways, a vastly underappreciated holiday. Yes, we celebrate the actions of presidents, especially on a national level, but they have made their impact locally too. In fact,…

The local museums in Washington, Bruce and Romeo area have many artifacts and photos that can be a mystery to describe and interpret. You can help your community museums by e-mailing your best description of…

The local museums in Washington, Bruce and Romeo area have many artifacts and photos that can be a mystery to describe and interpret. You can help your community museums by e-mailing your best description of…

BY EMILY MALEK What is love? What does it mean in your lives? These were the questions that The Romeo Observer asked Martha and Harvey Hebblewhite for the Valentine’s Day issue in 1985. Reporter Mary…

The local museums in Washington, Bruce and Romeo area have many artifacts and photos that can be a mystery to describe and interpret. You can help your community museums by e-mailing your best description of…

BY EMILY MALEK As we approach the final stages of “The Romeo Observer” Digitization Project, our intern Jen Derless came across a gem. It was an article from 1993 that discussed how a computerized index…