Friday, September 25, 2015 On September 25, 1956 the Chairman of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), in New York, spoke with the Postmaster General of Britain, in London, over the newly-completed, first...

  Thursday, September 24, 2015 On September 24, 1957 the national spotlight was focused on Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, at the urging of his Attorney General Herbert...

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Our July 5th 365 Story focused on the history of Poppleton School. We received a lot of comments and questions following the story including “When was the last class taught...

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Sam Lamerato has guided Troy’s Fleet of vehicles into the 21st Century. When he joined the City of Troy as an intern in 1974, Sam never intended to make the...

Monday, September 21, 2015 Charles “Charlie” Craft served on the Troy Police Department for 29 years, rising through the ranks to Chief of Police on April 13, 1998. He retired on February 23, 2009....

  Sunday, September 20, 2015 Michigan law (PA 197 of 1975) provides local governments with a unique tool to encourage the revitalization of downtowns and business districts. A Downtown Development Authority or DDA may...

Saturday, September 19, 2015 After Troy was incorporated in 1955, the City’s population and its demands for City services grew quickly. By November 1966 the number of residents had nearly doubled from the 1955...

  Friday, September 18, 2015 When the Lloyd A. Stage Outdoor Education Center opened in 1970, the staff offices were in a tri-level house that was connected to a small cottage via a hallway....

Thursday, September 17, 2015 The participants were excited, as they prepared to play their parts in Troy’s Celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, twenty-eight years ago today, but no one had any...

  Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery in 1951, was a crack shot. So, he was perplexed when he could not bag Golden Plovers on a...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Hairstyles have unquestionably changed since 1965, but student stylists have learned, and clients have enjoyed, up-to-the-moment hair fashions at Michigan College of Beauty, Troy, for the past 50 years. Michigan...

Monday, September 14, 2015 The World Series was cancelled on September 14, 1994. This was only the second time in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB) that the fall classic was not held....

  Sunday, September 13, 2015 Perhaps you’ve visited the Troy Town Hall at the east end of the Historic Village Green to buy jam at the annual Troy Garden Walk or in the fall...

Saturday, September 12, 2015 Troy volunteer firefighters were among the thousands of Americans who participated in rescue and recovery operations following the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center. Eight members from the Troy...

Friday, September 11, 2015 On September 11, 2001, Americans grappled with tragedy. Our nation’s domestic security was violated by suicide attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a thwarted attack, possibly targeted...