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1901 GEORGE DEAN SIDEWALKS – by Frank Passic
G. E. DEAN 1901 Sidewalk Stamp Morning Star, June 14, 1998, pg. 2 I’d like to add an historical footnote to my article on ...
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UNION STEEL ORIGINALLY LOCATED JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN ALBION – by Frank Passic
First Albion Union Steel Location in 1905 Albion Recorder, November 17, 1997, pg. 4-A The recent announcement that the City of Albion will be ...
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Leading Albion’s United Methodist Church Despite an Uncertain Future
Leading Albion’s United Methodist Church Despite an Uncertain Future By SYLVIA BENAVIDEZ Contributing Writer For Pastor Leslee Fritz the needs of her congregation and ...
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Purple Gang – Part 2 – by Frank Passic
THE PURPLE GANG, PART 2 Morning Star, December 15, 1996, pg. 21 (Continued from December 8, 1996). The Fleishers also rented an auto stall ...
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A MHS report card: trying to change the future by broadening Black History curriculum 2018
Black History Month Series: Part 2 By MICHELLE MUELLER Contributing Writer ©The Recorder February, 2018 The year 2013 was a pivotal one for Marshall ...
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Albion Receives Trail Grant from Marshall Community Foundation
By Mark Lelle, Calhoun County Trailway Alliance Contributing Writer December 5, 2019 The City of Albion has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the ...
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MLK Jr. Convocation brings messages of history, hope, and celebration to Albion
By MICHELLE MUELLER Contributing Writer ©The Recorder January 30, 2020 Members of both the Albion College and city of Albion communities came together Tuesday ...
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Homestead Savings Bank Historical Profile
Company Stats Date Founded: August 14, 1889 Original Name: Homestead Loan and Building Association Nature of Original Business: Banking Nature of Business Today: Banking ...
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Celebrating Albion’s preserver of its African-American history
Black History Month Series: Part 1 By MICHELLE MUELLER Contributing Writer ©The Recorder February 6, 2015 During his almost 30-year teaching career at Albion ...
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Albion Coca-Cola mural to be Restored in Spring 2020
By LINDA KOLMODIN Contributing Writer November 27, 2019 Architectural conservation is the process through which the material, historical and design integrity of any structure ...
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FALLING WATERS PARK (Spring Arbor)
Beverly Cunningham at Falling Waters Park dedication 1994 From our Historical Notebook this week we present a photograph of Beverly Cunningham, standing next to ...
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A Friend of Falling Waters Historic Park
This In Memoriam is published by The Recorder online, in part, due to its regional interest, and also due to some of the details ...
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Escape to Canada – 1863
January 26, 1847—was probably the most eventful day in the history of Marshall, Michigan. On that day in 1847, Michigan had become a state ...
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Purple Gang Walking Tour
From wikipedia: Founded 1920s Founding location Detroit, Michigan, United States Years active 1910s − 1932 Territory Detroit Criminal activities Murder, extortion, theft, armed robbery, ...
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Purple Gang – Part 1 – by Frank Passic
THE PURPLE GANG, PART I Morning Star, December 8, 1996, pg. 21This is my long-awaited and overdue article(s) about the infamous Purple Gang. To ...
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Albion Area Church Directory
Albion is blessed with having many options for places to worship. The Recorder has offered a church directory for decades. We are now beginning ...
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Caminata – a three-month pilgrimage
Below - a gallery of Albion's material culture that gathered, catalogued and displayed at the Bobbitt Visual Arts Center at Albion College. Caminata, a ...
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UNION STEEL PRODUCTS SITE – by Frank Passic
Union Steel, Huron Street Location Morning Star, March 10, 2002, pg. 19 It was good to see the big turnout on February 26 by ...
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Labor Day Albion Walk the Trail – Albion Michigan 2019
It was a beautiful day in Albion on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2019. The walkers gathered at the Victory Park Bandshell to pose ...
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The Bohm will be 90 years old on Christmas Day
By Mary SlaterContributing Writer©The Recorder December 19, 2019George Bohm first opened his new theatre on Superior Street on Christmas Day 1929. It was truly ...
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It all happens so fast
Three months seem just like last week, and yesterday appears to be like an hour ago. But that is all in Chronos time, where ...
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Mexico in the Midwest
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 12-12-19 Mexico in the Midwest The first image that catches my sight upon arriving in ...
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A Reunion of Friends and Key Workers of Albion’s Industrial Past
By SYLVIA BENAVIDEZ Contributing Writer Albion-The Victory Park picnic shelter looked like it was filled with ordinary people enjoying a meal with family and ...
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Building steps to the sky and staging supernovas in the kitchen
Trips can be unpredictable, but also a good time to reflect on the stages of life Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez ...
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Homestead Savings Bank Celebrates 130 Years in Albion
By SYLVIA BENAVIDEZ Contributing Writer Albion- June 27, 2019 In May of 1981, Homestead Savings Bank was completed where it stands now. The building ...
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Local Resident Becomes a Trail Host
By Sylvia Benavidez Contributing Writer Albion- Albion-A few months ago, Sylvia (Syd) Dulaney walked through Victory Park and crossed paths with a trail hiker ...
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Albion College President Dr. Mauri A. Ditzler Announces Retirement, Board Begins National Search
Ditzler Extends Service to College for Two Additional Years to Focus on Special Projects Albion, Michigan, December 3, 2019 – After a distinguished career ...
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Albion Area Philanthropic Women top half million in giving
By LINDA KOLMODIN Contributing Writer November 21, 2019 ALBION AREA WOMEN TO TOP HALF MILLION IN GIVING ALBION-It’s “simple” math. Take 100 women. Add ...
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Three Towns, A River and its Mill Ponds
By KEN WYATT Contributing Writer November 27, 2019 Albion, Concord and Homer share a unique geographic profile: The three sit along stretches of Michigan’s ...
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The Recorder – 4th Q 2019
Enjoy the covers of The Recorder as pdfs. Click on an image to see the big file. Each file is over 1MB, so be ...
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Healing in the city of kindness
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-28-19 Healing in the city of kindness Walking down S. Hannah at 4:30 in the ...
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Entire Albion community mourns
Entire Albion community mourns after tragedy ends life of Albion College student By MICHELLE MUELLER Contributing Writer ©The Recorder November 14, 2019 “Our Albion ...
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Moving with the Spirit
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-21-19 Moving with the Spirit Why are there so many churches in Albion? I leave ...
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Singing the names of the streets
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-14-19 Singing the names of the streets “Before I met you [Nicolás] I did not know ...
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In their Jackets
Maurice Barry, Dr. Harry Bonner, and Larry Williams Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 11-7-19 In their Jackets Not wanting to ...
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Valarie Cunningham encourages breaking the stigma on African-American mental health
By MICHELLE MUELLER Contributing Writer ©The Recorder October 31, 2019 Valarie Cunningham, MSW, LMSW, raised in Albion by her parents Larry and Bettie Edmonds, ...
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The world is my studio and theirs as well
Albion Through My Eyes / Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful 10-31-19 For years, I have been working at the intersection of life and art, ...
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It must be love
Albion Through My Eyes - Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful October 24, 2019 If, as Emily Dickinson’s poem says, ‘“Hope” is the thing with feathers,’ ...
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Inside one of Maggie LaNoue’s cards
Albion Through My Eyes - Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful October 17, 2019 In the age of the pervasive cell phone, postcards and the like ...
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Meet Darwin McClary, Albion’s new city manager
There was a Meet and Greet for Albion Michigan's new city manager Darwin McClary at the Ismon House, second floor, on Tuesday, October 15, ...
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Mr. Bonner – The Story of a Mentoring Journey
The remarkable journey of Albion’s Harry Bonner told in new collaborative biography By MICHELLE MUELLER Contributing Writer September 19, 2019 In the ...
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On Feet and Wheels
Albion Through My Eyes by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful On Feet and Wheels Much like a painter uses a paintbrush or a photographer deploys ...
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When Albion got a Southern Flavor
In 1922, there were some changes to the community of Albion Michigan. It was just after World War I, and the immigrants who were ...
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To Hug or Not to Hug
To Hug or Not to Hug The acceptance letter to be a visiting artist at Albion College and the documents that ensued after my ...
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Live Music at the Festival of the Forks, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019
The Festival of the Forks 2019 began Friday afternoon with a cruise-in, then the Forks 5K run. Here on a bandstand provided by Diemert ...
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Coca-Cola Mural Restoration Project
This mural was created at least 100 years ago, and is a focal point of downtown Albion. See more fun Albion events on ...
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Albion’s Coca-Cola Mural
Posts about Albion's Coca-Cola mural restoration Albion's Coke Mural Originally painted in 1908, Albion's Coke mural is called a "Spectacular" since the size and ...
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Project Rising Tide Report – August 2019
Rising Tide The public would benefit from learning the areas that Project Rising Tide is involved with. This outline is from a Albion, Michigan ...
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