About a week ago, on a hot and humid afternoon, I was doing some work on the lawn and gardens. I was close to the sidewalk when a couple of visitors to town paused and commented on the amount of upkeep a lawn and garden requires. I agreed. Then the woman said, “It looks so nice. Too bad Read More…
The 2024 Paw Paw Alumni Scholarship winners this year are: From left to right: William Webster $6,000 PPAC Platinum Scholarship, Ian McDonald $5,000 PPAC Gold Scholarship, Addison Roy $3,000 PPAC Silver Scholarship, Emma Kenyon $2,000 PPAC Bronze Scholarship, Chloe Kooi $5,000 Dr Eddington Memorial Scholarship, Katelyn Baney $2,500 TJay Higgins Scholarship, Rowen Parker $2,000 Mary Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer HARTFORD – Following two years of repairs to the roof and structure of the Van Buren County Historical Museum in June of 2022, following a high wind and rainstorm that damaged the roof, the museum will hold a grand reopening ceremony, June 23, from 2 to 5 p.m.During the night of Read More…
Watervliet man arrested following high-speed chaseBy Paul GarrodStaff Writer BANGOR TOWNSHIP – A 43-year-old Watervliet man faces several charges after he led authorities on a high-speed chase, Thursday afternoon, June 6, through two townships in a stolen vehicle, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director MENDON — Sometimes, when it drizzles, it pours. In Saturday’s MHSAA Division 4 softball regional final game between Mendon and Burr Oak in Mendon that had brief periods late of off-and-on rain, the metaphor was even more apt. Although the rain never got super-heavy, the same could not be said for Read More…
Burr Oak wins district championship COLON — The Burr Oak varsity softball squad won its second consecutive district championship last Saturday, taking the first game in dominant fashion against the Athens Indians 14-4, then edging the Colon Magi, 5-4. In the championship game, the winners were led by the pitching and hitting of Brooklynn Root. Read More…
By Ken Wyatt Adam Oster is what you would call a poor-home historian. It isn’t a field of inquiry that attracts many historians – nor apparently many large audiences at a lovely Saturday afternoon lecture in mid-May. But it was a fine subject for Oster in his role as community engagement librarian with the Library Read More…
Each year at this time we feature the Albion High School Class of 100 years ago. The Class of 1924 had 94 members; 39 were boys, and 55 were girls. Most of them had been born around 1906. It was the largest class of seniors that had ever graduated from Albion High School at the Read More…
Those who owe delinquent water bills can expect to see them added to their summer tax bill. At Monday’s meeting, the Albion City Council voted to approve the addition of delinquent water bills and receivables owed to the city to the tax bills that will go out on July 1. “These are bills that came Read More…
Laureen Ann (Lark) Thomason was 69 when she passed peacefully surrounded by family at her side on May 5, 2024. Laureen was born July 28, 1954, in Albion Michigan. After graduating high school, she went right into the workforce in offices of the Salesman Publications supporting staff members. She then moved up to office manager Read More…