June 9, 2015 – An Invitation to Celebrate Troy’s Cultural Diversity
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...
June 8, 2015 – Special Performing Arts Club’s fourth opera highlighted Troy history
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...
June 7, 2015 – Dial 9-1-1
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...
June 6, 2015 – Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated June 6, 1968
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...
June 5, 2015 – Rob Mullins Remembers Boyd Larson
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...
June 4, 2015 – Troy named Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Sportstown for the State of Michigan
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...
June 3, 2015 – Camp Kish-Kaw-Ko, 1976
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...
June 2, 2015 – Development of Troy fitness trails celebrates business anniversary in 1979
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...
June 1, 2015 – Chief Jim Halsey– A Family Tradition of Firefighters
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,...
May 31, 2015 – City Manager John Szerlag
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...
May 30, 2015 – The Hacky Sack® Story
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...
May 29, 2015 – St. Thomas More Catholic Church
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...
May 28, 2015 – Richard Beaubien- Troy’s First Traffic Engineer
Thursday, May 28, 2015 Richard “Dick” Beaubien is a Michigan native and a proud alumnus of the University of Michigan where he earned a Civil Engineering degree in 1967. Dick recalls that he graduated...
May 27, 2015 – Walter Bemis
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Walter Bemis was neither wealthy nor famous. But he was beloved by the community and rich beyond measure. The namesake of Bemis Elementary School moved to Troy in 1927 from...
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