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On February 22, 2024, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Andy Kowalczyk, Superintendent of the Pinconning Area School District, on the district’s monthly YouTube video program. The online program is one of the communication techniques used by the...
Thursday, February 29th,
• Rotary Club, Regular Meeting at Linwood Corners, Noon.
Saturday, March 2nd,
• Jasmine Brazeau Mac & Cheese Benefit, Wilson’s Cheese Shoppe, Noon - 6:00 pm.
• Pinconning Band Boosters Trivia Night, Pinconning Middle School Gym, begins at 7:00 pm.
Standing events
Second...
5 Years Ago (February 2019)
The Arbour family is back in charge of what was their first dealership. Several months after the sale of the Pinconning location was announced, that transaction is off. The sale of a dealership is an extremely complicated process, and requires the approval of the vehicle...
Did you know we have a new audio series, SSA Talks?
You can learn more about our top priorities by listening at www.ssa.gov/news/audio-series.html.
In our first episode, Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi and Janet Walker, Associate Commissioner for Operational HR Services, discuss how our...
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
I thought I had a recipe for Greek Salad but I’ve looked high and low and just can’t find...
Romans Chapter 5, tell us we will have suffering in our lives. It is part of the life process. No two situations are the same but we each have our struggles. God tells us that Jesus gave his life for us before we were born, knowing the sin and struggles we would be involved in. He loved each of us...
Dr. Paul Dake is semi-retired; moved to the Pinconning area to be near family and is submitting articles for the Journal. Dr. Dake has an Undergraduate degree in Physiology and M.D. degree, both from Michigan State University, the latter awarded in 1978; immediately thereafter, Family Medicine...
In our area we often see swarms of small birds in the open fields. These birds often land briefly only to rise in flocks of a dozen or so up to huge flocks numbering in the hundreds, before landing again—a process they repeat over and over. In warmer weather, these swarms are often comprised Horned...
Thursday, February 22nd,
• Rotary Club, Regular Meeting at Linwood Corners Cafe, Noon.
Standing events
Second Monday
• Fraser Township Board Meeting, 7 pm, 1474 N. Mackinaw, Linwood.
• Garfield Township Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, 1138 W. Erickson, Linwood.
• Gibson Township Board Meeting, 7 pm, 7214...
5 Years Ago (January 2019)
2019 Coming Home Royalty: Coming Home King, Kody VanHorn; First Runner-Up, Darren LaBean; Second Runner-Up, Mason Vieau.
The Pinconning Wrestling Team sent two grappler’s to the MHSAA Regional 9-3 competition, with Sophomore Jacob Brooks qualifying for a trip to the...