MORENCI — The Morenci bowling team is in an unusual position this year — that of having the entire team graduate at once.
Bowling team’s two seniors wrap up high school careers
Morenci competitive cheer shows steady improvement over rebuilding season
MORENCI — It was a rebuilding season for Morenci’s varsity competitive cheer team, but it was also a season of steady improvement for the squad.
“Each time we competed, our scores went up,” said coach Robyn Taylor.
Boys basketball team looks to build in coming year
MORENCI — This season might not have been everything they hoped for, but the Morenci boys basketball team grew together as a unit and took some big steps forward over the course of Garrett Benjamin’s second season as head coach.
“I think we took a step in the right direction as far as growing together as a young corps,” Benjamin said.
Petitions for city elections must be turned in by April 22
MORENCI — The position of mayor and three city council seats will be on the ballot in November, and people interested in running for one of those city offices have until April 22 to file nominating petitions.
Live performance makes a comeback at downtown Morenci’s historic theater
MORENCI — He’s not exactly sure what the title of the movie was that was showing — although he can describe the basics of the plot to this day — but Tim Newsom, owner of Morenci’s Rex Theatre, can point out the very spot in the building where he sat while on his first date.
Regional champions … again!
MORENCI — A near-perfect regular season led to the second regional championship in a row for the Morenci girls basketball team.
The Bulldogs made it all the way to the Elite Eight before falling to Genesee Christian in the state quarterfinal. As impressive as that was, head coach Ashley Joughin said the expectation the players set for themselves was even higher.
Parts of Coomer, Page, Sims and Summit to be resurfaced this summer
MORENCI — At its March 10 meeting, the Morenci City Council awarded the contract for this summer’s road work projects to K&B Asphalt Sealcoating out of Adrian.
Introducing the Morenci Advocate… your new community newspaper
There are some things that just tie a community together.
The public school district. The public library. Community gathering places like restaurants, bars and coffeeshops.
And the local newspaper.
About two years ago, a group of Lenawee County residents began meeting at the Adrian District Library to talk about what we saw as a dangerous lack of local news in our area. We saw the cuts that had been inflicted on our local daily by its corporate owners, and we saw the impact it was having on our community. Many ideas were discussed, but a few of us found ourselves drawn to the idea of starting a brand-new, locally owned print newspaper.