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Posts published in May 2016
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LADIES NIGHT. The Romeo Downtown Development Authority, Oxford Bank and the downtown businesses hosted a Spring Shopping Spree the evening of Friday, May 6 in downtown Romeo. In-store specials and vendors enhanced the shopping fun.…
Jessie Lee Jones, age 92, of Washington Township, died Sunday, May 8, 2016 at Troy Beaumont Hospital. He was born July 1, 1923 in Twinton, Tenn., the son of Lee and Maggie (Reeves) Jones. On…
An Nong, 64, of Romeo, died Friday, April 29, 2016 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He was born March 12, 1952 in Cambodia, the son of Mourn and Morn (Suy) Nong. Mr. Nong worked…
Voters went to the polls May 3 to decide whether Romeo Community Schools should borrow $86 million to pay for building improvements throughout the district including an expansion of the Romeo Engineering and Technology Center…
BY DEBI MARTONE STAFF WRITER An abundant fruit crop looks favorable for Romeo area orchards this year. Bill Verellen, of Verellen’s Orchard and Cider Mill, said the peaches and plum trees have plenty of bloom,…
BY DEBI MARTONE STAFF WRITER A bill to repeal the Common Core State Standards from schools in Michigan passed 4-1 through the Michigan Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, April 26 in Lansing. Senate Bill 826…
BY DEBI MARTONE STAFF WRITER Romeo High School principal, Michael Kaufman, will be leaving his position when the school year ends in June after spending nine years in the district. “I’m not really retiring,” Kaufman…
BY DEBI MARTONE STAFF WRITER An exchange student is using apples from last fall’s harvest at Westview Orchards for experiments that are helping a French research entrepreneur perfect a product to extend the fruit’s shelf…