Charlie Gehringer of Fowlerville might have been the best Major League Baseball player ever produced by Livingston County, but he wasn’t the first. That honor belongs to Bert Tooley of Howell, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers nearly a century ago. Link to originating site
The most famous baseball player ever to come out of Livingston County was Charlie Gehringer of Fowlerville, the Hall of Fame second baseman for the Detroit Tigers who played from 1924-42. Link to originating site
NOVI — Brighton coach Paul Moggach has won his share of championships over the years, including the last seven in the Kensington Valley Conference and a state title in 2006. Link to originating site
Michigan Works! Association honored Dammiona Cromedy of Fowlerville for obtaining gainful employment through a Michigan Works! Agency at the 2009 Michigan Works! Association Alumni Celebration. Link to originating site
The Metropolitan Detroit Youth Chorus (MDYC) will perform a free concert of inspirational a cappella music at the Brighton Center for the Performing Arts at 6 p.m. March 8. Link to originating site
Tears still come as Karen Pileri talks about Aug. 24, 2007 — the day when tragedy struck her home and neighborhood. Link to originating site
Downtown Brighton got the artistic treatment recently from some art students at Brighton High School. Link to originating site
Regarding the eminent decision to reconfigure Brighton Area Schools to address the current budget deficit in our district, I am writing as a concerned parent in support of keeping Miller Early Childhood Development Center open for the benefit future generations of young children as well as the Brighton community. Link to originating site
In your editorial (“Unsafe for gays? Community should be welcoming, safe for all,” Feb. 17), you indicated that between 90-97 percent of Livingston County residents (180,000) are not gay, which would mean that they feel that is the way to live. Link to originating site
Recent economic events — calamities, really — erased any doubt that Livingston County should advocate for a strong Detroit and southeastern Michigan. Link to originating site