2019-07-25

BEAUTIFYING M-55



Lyon Township Family Fun Fest


 

RELIEF FROM THE HEAT



Merritt Country Music Festival and Strawberry Social



The’Fatt Bastard’of The 222


By Krista Tacey-Cater There is a burger so big in St. Helen that it has to be transported in a pizza box. Weighing in at just under five pounds, the “Fatt Bastard of The 222,” as chef Justin Plunkett has dubbed it, might be the largest handmade burger in Roscommon County. Plunkett, owner of Dirty Smoke of the 222 BBQ […]

REMEMBERING PLAYHOUSE STARS


 

A habitat for bumbling bees and fluttering butterflies


The proof is in the honey. With the intention of boosting the bee and natural pollinators’ population like butterflies, Maple Valley farmer Rex Wolfsen decided to take part in the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP), which allowed him to plant 17 acres of wildflowers, nine acres of clover and several varieties of natural grasses and flowering trees. Although the fields […]

It Happened

Artesia’s Chip for Charity scramble Saturday



A four-person golf scramble to benefit Artesia Youth Park’s pro­grams and activities will take place Saturday at White Deer Country Club.The scramble begins with registration at 9 a.m. and a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Registration is $50 per person ($200 per team), which includes 18 holes of golf with a cart. There will be prizes following the event, which […]

COOR, schools expanding career tech opportunities

By Cheryl Holladay Real world skills to secure jobs in the future can now be obtained by high school students closer to home. Roscommon High School (RHS), Houghton Lake High School (HLHS) and Charlton Heston Academy (CHA) are offering an expanded selection of on-campus career tech ed (CTE) classes, in cooperation with COOR Intermediate School District. Juniors and seniors can […]