Tuesday, August 11, 2015 As the new school year approaches the 365 Project will feature the stories of the elementary, middle and high schools in Troy, including how the buildings were named. The History...

Monday, August 10, 2015 Troy: Safest City Since 1998 the City of Troy has ranked among the top 25 safest cities in the United States with populations over 75,000. In twelve of the last...

Sunday, August 9, 2015 On August 9, 1974 President Richard M. Nixon became the only U.S. President to resign from office. Within months of his successful 1972 reelection, Nixon’s administration became embroiled in scandal....

Saturday, August 8, 2015 The History of Telly’s, is reprinted with the permission of George Papadelis The History of Telly’s, is reprinted with the permission of George Papadelis More than three decades ago, Troy was...

Thursday, August 7, 2105 Lewis Brooks Patterson and his fraternal twin Stephen were born January 4, 1939 and grew up on Glastonbury Road in northwest Detroit. The product of a parochial education, Brooks graduated...

Wednesday, August 6, 2015 The early sites plans of the Troy Historic Village show a small “well house” behind the 1927 Township Hall. According to some records, this brick building was used as a...

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 We are grateful to the members of Congregation Shir Tikvah for providing information from their website and records for this story and for granting us permission to use their photographs....

Tuesday, August 4, 2105 Northfield Hills resident Karol Carter contributed this 365 Story. Northfield Hills Art on the Lake is a 41 year old tradition in the city of Troy. Northfield Hills Condominium Association...

Monday, August 3, 2015 Vincent J. McAvoy who served as the Mayor of Troy from November 30, 1964- April 8, 1968, was born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, on May 31, 1904....

  Sunday, August 2, 2015 In 1984 Tonya Perry became the first woman to submit an application to serve as a Troy volunteer firefighter. Tonya’s adopted dad, John Ellis, had served at Station 5....

Saturday, August 1, 2015 Following his election in 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson asked Americans to join him in “the battle to build the Great Society.” A progressive Democrat and a seasoned legislative strategist,...

   Friday, July 31, 2015 As you drive along Big Beaver Road, the handsome field-stone farmhouse, barn and windmill, tucked in among the office buildings, seem like a glimpse of Troy’s farming past that...

            The 365 Project, Thursday, July 30, 2015 Our small research and writing group apologizes that we failed to acknowledge the 75th birthday of Bugs Bunny earlier this week....

                    The 365 Project, Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Beginning in the 1970s numerous new subdivisions replaced the farm fields and cow pastures that had dominated...

The 365 Project, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Beginning in the 1970s numerous new subdivisions replaced the farm fields and cow pastures that had dominated the Troy Township landscape. This week the 365 Project will...