BY C.G. ROSE GENERAL MANAGER On a dreary March day, nothing reminds me more that Spring is right around the corner than getting ready for spring Turkey hunting season. Here in Southeast Michigan, Zone A…
Posts published in March 2017
The Loren Andrus Octagon House series of historical lectures will open this season 2 p.m., Sunday, March 19. Bill Grandstaff will tell us how Walt Whitman was drawn into the American Civil War and about…
March 10 marked the opening of the Annual Student Art Show held at the Starkweather Arts Center in downtown Romeo. Art students representing all grades of Romeo Community Schools were picked by their art teachers…
Tickets are now on sale for the Capuchin Retreat’s 17th annual golf outing, Friday, May 12 at the Greystone Golf Club in Washington Township. The $125 event fee includes 18 holes of golf (a 10…
The Samaritan House is accepting donations for their annual Easter dinner food drive. This program provides Samaritan House clients with the means to make Easter dinner–an Easter egg dye kit, a dozen fresh eggs and…
Hands down, Cheri LaFlamme Szcodronski is the Oxford Downtown Development Authority’s (DDA) pick to fill the vacant executive director position. On March 6, the DDA board voted 9-0 to authorize Chairperson Sue Bossardet to negotiate…
A Washington Township man has plead guilty to a criminal charge for defrauding the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) of $135,000 by placing priority mail labels on first-class mail. Mark Rivera pleaded to one count of…
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…
John Ralph DeLisa, Jr., 91 of Lapeer and formerly of Rochester and Shelby Township, died March 8, 2017. He was born Jan. 19, 1926 in Chicago, the son of John and Mabel (Gallo) DeLisa. He…