Vartkes “Vic” Baratian, 89, of Addison Township, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester Hills. He was born July 24, 1928 in Massena, N.Y., the son of Aram and Arak (Tarpinian) Baratian. …
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BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR A special presentation last week at the Romeo Arts and Archive Center gave a rare glimpse at Clifton Mill in Washington Township. A small group from the Romeo Historical Society was…
BY STACY SOBOTKA The Armada Township Board of Trustees appointed Anita Bednar as a trustee at a special meeting Jan. 5. Several candidates who applied for the position were asked to speak at the podium…
BY STACY SOBOTKA Romeo has always been a community that looks out for everyone. The Romeo Lions Club recently helped out two families that lost their home to a fire with a generous donation to…
BY STACY SOBOTKA Armada Township residents looking for answers about a floodplain on a controversial piece of property on McPhall Road west of North Avenue will have to wait a little longer. The Armada Board…
Robert Maechtle, a manager at Motor City Electric in Sterling Heights, plead guilty on Jan. 11 to charges of conspiring to give a $2,000 cash bribe to the late Washington Township public works superintendent Steven…
Thomas Badke, 61, of Bruce Township was fatally shot Jan. 9 at his Clinton Township business, Reliable Fence Company. Clinton Township resident Jerry Daniel Motley was arraigned on five felony counts in Badke’s death before…
The murder charges against James VanCallis stand. Last week, the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the first-degree murder conviction of VanCallis for the July 2014 beating death of 14-year-old Armada resident April Millsap along the…
BY STACY SOBOTKA Last week a water line break shut down Oakland Township Hall. Oakland Township Assistant Fire Chief Lou Danek gave an update to the Oakland Township Board of Trustees on the fix and…
BY KADE MESSNER Romeo High School Varsity Football Team co-head coach Jason Couch says leaving the school where he played as a student and spent 15 years as a coach is tough. “It was the…