Spartan Motors breaks ground on $5.5 million expansion
Joined by top officials from Isuzu North America, Spartan Motors President and CEO Daryl Adams and Steve Guillaume, Specialty Vehicles Division President, broke ground Tuesday, April 19 on what will be a $5.5 million expansion for the Charlotte-based company. Plant...
Vanderhoef named 2016 Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival Grand Marshal
For the past 32 years, the Maple Valley High School band program has been taken to great heights by its director, Dennis Vanderhoef. Even with all of the success the band program has achieved under his tutelage, Vanderhoef was extremely surprised to be given the honor...
Vermontville’s Maple Syrup Festival just as sweet in 76th year
Gene and Mary Fisher can’t help but be delighted by all of the children that pass down Main Street every year. Being in charge of the Children’s Parade for the past 52 years is part of the reason both have been involved for so long. “I was in it when I was a kid,”...
Andromeda Community Theatre announces full 2016 season
Andromeda Community Theatre (ACT) is pleased to announce its full schedule for the 2016 season. Following up the productions of Love Letters, which premiered in February, ACT’s second production of the season, Lend Me A Tenor, by playwright Ken Ludwig will premier in...
April 23 is opportunity for community to ‘Love Charlotte’
Loving your community can mean many different things and take many forms. For Bryce Johnson, a senior at Charlotte High School, creating the opportunity for his fellow community members to “Love Charlotte” is about putting the benefits of a life of service on display....
HGB employees recognized at 13th annual Fulton Awards
Three Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital employees were recently honored with the Fulton Award of Excellence, the hospital’s highest recognition, during an annual ceremony Tuesday, March 29. The award winners, recognized for their exceptional contributions to HGB’s...
Bellevue student athletes continue to grow outside of competition
By Kayla Whitmire Bellevue High School Athletic Director We have all heard the phrase “student-athlete, student comes first.” Of course that places the emphasis on academics. Attend class, participate, turn in your work in a timely fashion, produce quality work, study...
Quilters come together to support library
Amy Jo Kinyon Flashes Editor A group of women have brought their knitting needles together to support an organization they believe to be an integral part of the Vermontville community. The group of 10 has worked for five months to create a maple leaf quilt to serve as...
Admission free to 2nd annual Home and Business Expo
Off the strength of a solid first year for the Eaton County Home and Business Expo, organizers were able to secure enough local support to offer free admission for this year’s event. In addition, several new attractions have been added to make this year a “can’t miss”...
April 16 is first effort to ‘Light Up the Marquee’ at Eaton Theatre
Sue McNeel looks up at the Eaton Theatre marquee and sees possibilities that take her back to her youth. Her father owned the Eaton Theatre for 25 years before she and her husband, John purchased it in 2011. Since, the theatre has become a labor of love of sorts, as...