For the second year in a row, the Michigan Peach Queen Pageant has been canceled. “It was an extremely difficult choice to make, especially following the cancellation of the 2020 pageant,” said Peach Queen Chaperone…
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Samaritan House is expanding its service area to include Shelby Township and Utica. The Samaritan House Board of Directors approved the expansion of its client service area effective April 1. “During this uncertain time we…
The NAACP has established a new branch covering northern Macomb County. The new unit will be called the Northern Branch NAACP and it was established Feb. 23 after months of organizing, petitioning and training, and…
Romeo High School senior Jenna Knepper recently received a National Gold Medal in sculpture for the 2021 Scholastics Art and Writing Competition. Normally, award recipients would be honored during a ceremony at Carnegie Hall in…
Several sites have been established throughout the county to administer COVID-19 vaccines to eligible individuals. In general, people over the age of 50, frontline essential workers and individual with medical conditions over the age of…
Family trouble at the 9300 block of Hamilton Circle, Washington Township, 1:45 p.m., Feb. 22; Juvenile complaint at the 73200 block of McKay Road, Washington Township, 2:29 p.m., Feb. 22; Domestic violence and abuse at…
The Lake Orion Community Schools Board of Education approved a new COVID-19 Learning Plan at their March 10 meeting. Beginning on March 22, all high school in-person students will have in-person instruction five days a…
BY THE ROMEO HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES 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…
I was back home in Minnesota last week, throwing away boxes of old manuscripts to spare my darling from having to deal with them after she plants me in the Home for the Happily Medicated.…
The coronavirus has changed the way we live, limiting travel, closing schools and businesses, forcing us to stay home to stay safe. But the coronavirus could not stop the workings of government. As taxpaying citizens,…