BY STACY SOBOTKA After extensive discussion regarding waste collection and recyclables, the Ray Township Board of Trustees voted to retain their current single waste hauler, Green for Life (GFL), at their meeting Dec. 15. The…
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Raelynn Carraway, 16, and Megan Vissotski, 16, passed out treats to kids in their cars at the Santa drive thru event at the Armada Fairgrounds. Santa Claus spoke to kids via a PA system. (Photo…
The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) decided to resume the fall tournaments for football and volleyball as well as girls swimming and diving. The tournaments were suspended in November due to increased cases of…
BY THE REV. ADAM HILL I don’t know how the hokey songs, campy movies, and ugly sweaters do it, but somehow through all the clutter some kind of Christmas magic takes place. Every year the…
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. Rich Glassford shows off the lights he hung on the front of the River of God Church on East St. Clair Street in Romeo. Glassford said that he hung 57 strings of lights,…
This Christmas manger is in front of the Romeo United Methodist Church on North Main Street. (Photo by Larry Sobczak) Many churches in the area have scheduled special services or programs to celebrate Christmas. Some…
Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next weeks as the bright…
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. Washington Township Supervisor Sam Previti presented Bill and Ellen Verellen, owners of Verellen’s Orchards and Cider Mill, with a tribute from the township board of trustees as well as a proclamation from Michigan…
A 31-year-old Orion Township man is in custody after severely beating the mother of his child and then fleeing with their three-month-old baby, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office stated on Monday. The 30-year-old woman was…
Larceny at the 11300 block of 27 Mile Road, Washington Township, 11:01 a.m., Nov. 7; Larceny at the 5500 block of West Road, Washington Township, 12:59 p.m., Nov. 7; Suicidal person at the 57400 block…