Albion Recorder & Morning Star News

Albion’s City Council had a light agenda for Monday’s meeting.

Items of note include the approval of a Department of Public Works request for two additional pickup trucks to be added to the Enterprise fleet vehicle lease, and the approval of resolution 2024-22, awarding the MSHDA CDBG Improving Local Livability (CHILL) Grant Administrator to the Albion Economic Development Corporation. Through the MSHDA’s CHILL program the Read More…

Albion Recorder & Morning Star Columns

Looking Out

“Admit it. You’re a pruning freak,” says my beloved wife Marsha with a pretty smile.             “I do enjoy trimming things,” I say. “But I’m not abnormal about it.”             “Wait a minute,” she says. “I appreciate that you give our landscaping good haircuts, but…”             “But what?” I say. “The weigela, the boxwood, the Read More…

Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel News

Revisions made to Coolidge Place housing development site plan; Senior community’s concerns remain

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Allen Edwin Homes is giving it another go with a proposed housing development on the north side of the city. At Tuesday’s Three Rivers City Commission meeting, representatives from the housing development company presented a revised site plan for its proposed housing development at 611 Coolidge Pl. to Read More…

Columns Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel

“Out and About” Eggs, paint, and bread

“The red and white and starry blue is freedom’s shield and hope.” -John Philip SousaAccording to Consumer Reports, there’s no nutritional difference between cage-free eggs and others. Cage-free means that hens weren’t raised in a cage, but there’s no guarantee that they weren’t packed into a building with thousands of other birds. If you’ve never Read More…

Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel News

Gittinger retires from Sturgis Public Schools

By Dennis Volkert Nicole Gittinger has announced her retirement from Sturgis Public Schools.Gittinger has worked at the district for 15 years. She served as principal at Wall and Eastwood schools, then was named assistant superintendent for SPS.She received a Bachelor of Arts in elementary and special education from Michigan State University, and later a master’s Read More…

Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel News

Adjusted operating millage approvedby Sturgis City Commission

By Dennis Volkert Sturgis City Commission last week approved an adjusted operating millage rate, following a public hearing and some discussion. To include the city’s millage rates on 2024 summer tax bills, the commission must set the operating property tax rate by the end of June. A public hearing is required. Due to state of Michigan’s Headlee Read More…