Terry Konkle – President   During the months of July and August the Rockford Area Historical Society does not have meetings. Our program meetings are the first Thursday of the other ten months, and they will begin on September 5, 2013. Vic Villarreal will present “The Edmund Fitzgerald” at 7:00 P.M. at the Community Cabin. […]

The garden planted by the second-graders from Cannonsburg Elementary School is doing very well. Every year Don Kurylowicz donates space behind the Grist Mill in his 4 raised beds for the kids to plant so they can learn where groceries come from, from the ground up. With help from local gardener Georgia Donovan and some […]

Last September, Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank embarked on a quest to send an additional one million meals to families in need. The cost of that goal was $238,000. A little less than one year later, the Food Bank has raised more than half that amount. As the Million Meal March enters its second […]

We need local citizens to band together to tackle litter in the Rogue River. The Kent Conservation District and Trout Unlimited, through the Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative project, are working together to conduct a stream cleanup on the Rogue River on Saturday, September 7. Garbage along stream banks is not only unsightly, but it […]

As the NEW Rockford Area Museum (RAM) works on completing exhibits in the first of two main exhibit rooms in the former Courthouse next to City Hall, The Rockford Area Historical Society, (RAHS) is proud to announce that the second annual “Museum Weekend” and fund raising auction will take place on Saturday, September 28. This […]