When Pete Vargas put out a call for people to donate warm clothing for migrant farmworkers, his goal was to collect 300 hoodies and sweatshirts. The final tally was more than 1,000.
The Adrian City Commission is back in the market for a new city administrator after police chief and interim administrator Vince Emrick opted against accepting the job.
A decision could be coming soon on the future of the Adrian Inn property, but city commissioners delayed action at the April 7 meeting because they felt they did not yet have enough information.
Although neighbors were unable to stop Adrian College from putting a 90-foot-tall inflatable sports dome next to their residential neighborhood, they did have one win this week when the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals denied the college’s request to hang two 40-foot by 40-foot banners on the structure.
Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Adrian and an army of volunteers, the streets of Adrian and surrounding areas will be lined with American flags during the federal holidays that run from Memorial Day through Veterans Day.
The “Sense of Place Home Walk Series” takes place on public and private lands and allows tour guides to share their connections to the places they love.
