Friday, June 12, 2015 Troy Township was a very busy place during the summer of 1955. The nine-member Charter Commission drafted the governing document for the proposed City of Troy. The proposed Charter...

  Thursday, June 11, 2015 The personal philosophy and work ethic of City Manager Brian Kischnick reflect many lessons he learned growing up in Saginaw Michigan. While he resided with his mom following his...

  Wednesday, June 10, 2015 The Troy Parks’ first disc golf course (the sport was then known as Frisbee golf) was built in 1980 at Section 23 Park, now called Raintree Park. Parks and...

  Tuesday, June 9, 2015 In the past 60 years the cultural and ethnic diversity of Troy residents has increased dramatically. (See Table) The most recent US Census Bureau records from 2010 indicate that...

Monday, June 8, 2015 In 2003, inspired by the construction of the new Troy Community Center, which they could see from their rehearsal space, the Special Performing Arts Club wrote and composed their fourth...

        Sunday, June 7, 2015 While England instituted a three-digit emergency assistance number in 1937, the concept did not receive serious consideration in the United State for another 30 years. In...

  Saturday, June 6, 2015 Robert Francis Kennedy died from an assassin’s bullet on June 6, 1968, just 63 days after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and less than five years after Robert’s...

Friday, June 5, 2015 Rob Mullins is a proud graduate of Poppleton School’s Class of 1949 and still organizes the Poppleton School Reunion held annually at the Troy Historic Village. This year’s reunion will...

           Thursday, June 4, 2015 On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, the City held its first Troy Sports Day at the Troy Community Center, but many of the participants had no idea how...

       Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Before the Stage Nature Center was established, the site at Coolidge and South Boulevard was home to Camp Kish-Kaw-Ko, the City of Troy’s summer day camp. Held in...

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 To celebrate doing business in the Detroit area for 75 years, Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. donated $7,000 to the City of Troy to build fitness trails in Huber Park. This...

Monday, June 1, 2015 Excerpt from Fire Calls and Station Stories by Loraine Campbell and Fred Barnard   Fighting fires has always been a part of Jim Halsey’s life. His grandfather, John Lee Halsey,...

Sunday, May 31, 2015 Michigan native John Szerlag worked for the City of Troy in many capacities and is its only administrator to serve two distinct terms as City Manager. Szerlag was first hired...

Saturday, May 30, 2015 Foot-kicking a small sack has ancient origins in Native American cultures and in many nations including China and Thailand. Mike Marshall, an Oregon native, learned to play “football” from a...

Friday, May 29, 2015 St. Thomas More Catholic Church was established by the Archdiocese of Detroit in early June of 1963. The first Mass of the new Catholic Community was held in Eastover Elementary...