September 29 – The Somerset Skywalk
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 The Somerset Collection is one of the region’s known retail destinations. This is the final 365 Story focused on Troy’s Somerset North and South and the Skywalk across Big Beaver...
September 28 – The Somerset Collection- Part 2
Monday, September 28, 2015 The Somerset Collection is one of the region’s known retail destinations. This is the second in three 365 Stories focused on Troy’s Somerset North and South and the Skywalk across...
September 27 – The Somerset Collection- Part 1
Sunday, September 27, 2015 The Somerset Collection is one of the region’s known retail destinations. The next three 365 Stories focus on Troy’s Somerset North and South and the Skywalk across Big Beaver Road...
September 26- Sandra Day O’Connor: First Female Justice of the Supreme Court
Saturday, September 26, 2015 We found two terrific and significant stories for September 25. The first story was about establishing an important communication connection. The second was about breaking a gender barrier. Therefore this...
September 25 – First transatlantic telephone cable opened lines between U.S, Canada, Britain and Europe on 9-25-1956
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...
September 24 – School Desegregation Enforced by Federal Troops in Little Rock, Arkansas
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...
September 23 – Poppleton School Story Update
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...
September 22 – Sam Lamerato
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...
September 21 – Police Chief Charles T. Craft
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....
September 20 – The Downtown Development Authority
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...
September 19 – Troy City Hall Opens to the Public
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...
September 18 – New Nature Center Building Dedicated in 2002
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....
September 17 – Troy celebrates an exciting Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, September 17, 1987
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...
September 16 – Guinness Book of World Records – 60th Anniversary
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...
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