April 28, 2015 – Troy Engineers Plan Road Improvements
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Richard Graham, the City of Troy’s first in house Engineer, provided the current City Engineer, Steve VanDette, with a detailed history of the work completed by the department as the...
April 27, 2015 – Mayor Richard “Dick” Doyle
Monday, April 27, 2015 Richard “Dick” Doyle served as the Mayor of Troy from 1974 to 1992. During the 18 years that he presided over City Council, Doyle worked to maintain a non-political atmosphere....
April 26, 2015 – Frank Gerstenecker
Sunday, April 26, 2015 Frank Gerstenecker, Troy’s longest serving City Manager, was raised on a 200 acre farm in Troy Illinois. Following military service in the Army, he earned a BA from Southern Illinois...
April 25, 2015 – Chief Bill Nelson
Saturday, April 25, 2015 A native of Chicago, Bill Nelson moved to Troy in April 1975 following four years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a firefighter and medic. He was...
April 24, 2015 – Hubble Telescope
Friday, April 24, 2015 On April 24, 1990 the Hubble telescope was launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and expanded our vision and understanding of the universe. While astronomers had peered into...
April 23, 2015 – Friends of the Rouge: Everyday is Earth Day
Thursday, April 23, 2015 Celebrating 29 years of service to the Rouge River, Friends of the Rouge continues to offer countless opportunities for people, of all ages, to learn about and experience the river...
April 22, 2015 – Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Today is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day and the birth of the environmental movement. Throughout the 1960s Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin tried unsuccessfully to place environmental awareness...
April 21, 2015 – Chief Gary G. Mayer
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Information reprinted with permission from City of Troy Chief Mayer graduated from the Macomb Police Academy and served as a Police Officer for the City of Grosse Pointe Farms before...
April 20, 2015 – The End of the Slide Rule
Monday, April 20, 2015 In 1958 Jack Kilby, an electrical engineer at Texas Instruments, developed the first integrated circuit (IC). Six months later Robert Norton Noyce, later nicknamed the “Mayor of Silicon Valley” improved...
April 19, 2015 – Berz Airport- Troy
Sunday, April 19, 2015 Milton Berz Sr would have told you that it takes a combination of dreams, circumstances, and hard work to build a successful airport. Milton “Pappy” Berz learned to fly in...
April 18, 2015 – Big Beaver Airport
Saturday, April 18, 2015 Many people are familiar with the Troy-Oakland Airport located between Crooks and Coolidge, south of maple Road. There was another airport in Troy for many years– the Big Beaver Airport....
April 17, 2015 – Image and Arts Council of Troy
Friday, April 17, 2015 The Image and Arts Council of Troy (I/ACT) was founded in 2006 at the behest of the Troy Chamber of Commerce. The group, including artists, art lovers, and city planners...
April 16, 2015 – Stiff Competition in Softball Leagues, 1986
Thursday, April 16, 2015 In late April 1986, over two thousand adult players came out for the softball season in Troy. That year four new ball diamonds opened in June at “Section 1 Park”....
April 15, 2015 – Big Beaver Road: Troy’s Commercial Corridor Part 2
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Our readers are invited to join Celebrating of Excellence: 60 Years of Growth in Troy and the Big Beaver Corridor on April 21 at Huntington Bank, 801 Big Beaver Road,...
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