The Blossomtime Festival Grand Floral Parade made its return on Saturday, May 14, after a two-year hiatus.

THREE OAKS — Members of the Three Oaks Village Council during their May 11 meeting agreed to delve further into the possibility of taking ownership of the Three Oaks Professional Building at 21 North Elm St. (currently home to village offices).

HARBERT — The Chikaming Township Board during its May 12 regular meeting unanimously approved a library services agreement that keeps the current three facilities open to local residents.

BERRIEN SPRINGS — Oronoko Township is home to acres of sprawling vineyards and farmland. In the last two decades, this rural Berrien County township has become a tourist destination because of its wineries.

ST. JOSEPH — The former co-owner of a Stevensville restaurant and his alleged victims will have to wait a little longer to learn whether he is bound over for trial on several sexual assault charges.

NEW BUFFALO — The next principal of New Buffalo High School will feel right at home.

THREE OAKS — The Acorn Center for the Performing Arts becomes owner of The Acorn Theater with the sale of the building from founder (along with the late Kim Clark) and previous owner, David Fink, on May 2, 2022.

NEW BUFFALO — The New Buffalo Area Schools Board of Education on April 25 voted to approve a cooperative sports program with the River Valley Schools for middle school football for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years.

HARBERT — The status of a proposed agreement between Chikaming Township and three local libraries remained undecided at the conclusion of the April 14 Township Board meeting.

The dust has settled in the two congressional races Berrien County residents will vote in this November.

STEVENSVILLE — Santaniello’s Glenlord Restaurant & Pizzeria has formally closed, a Realtor handling the property’s sale confirmed on April 13.

NEW BUFFALO — The Bionic Bison robotics team has qualified for state thanks to strong showings at two FIRST RAPID REACT district competitions.

THREE OAKS — The Spring Creek Equestrian Center held its Annual Easter Egg Hunt with Horses on Saturday, April 9, at 16771 Pardee Road, Three Oaks. In addition to egg hunts, children had their photos taken with the Easter Bunny and S’More, the pony.

BRIDGMAN — Getting to Lake Township Park could soon be much easier and safer for area residents and youth.

THREE OAKS — The River Valley Board of Education during a March 4 special meeting continued a discussion of possibly merging some or all middle school sports with the New Buffalo Area Schools.

ST. JOSEPH — For the first time in more than three decades, Southwest Michigan won’t be represented by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton in Congress.

ST. JOSEPH — Anthony Givens told a Berrien County Trial Court judge on March 31 he was physically and verbally abused by his stepfather, that he witnessed violence and murder while growing up on the south side of Chicago, and he was sexually abused by a babysitter at age 6.

UNION PIER — More than 20 people gathered in Union Pier on the winter-like morning of Saturday, March 26, to protest the proposed Union Green development in Union Pier.

BRIDGMAN — More than 1,200 contracted workers will supplement the regular 1,000-person staff at Indiana Michigan Power’s Cook Nuclear Plant during a refueling outage for Unit 1 that began at 3 a.m. April 2.

NEW BUFFALO — The New Buffalo Area Schools Board of Education opened up discussion of possible athletic program mergers with the River Valley School District during a well-attended Tuesday, March 29, special meeting.

NEW TROY — A group of volunteers really cleaned up at the New Troy Community Center in the wake of a March 20 act of vandalism.

BRIDGMAN — As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, nuclear power plants are looking to pivot away from Russian uranium.

ST. JOSEPH — A woman told a Berrien County judge Wednesday that while a local restaurant co-owner did not physically force her to perform a sex act on him, she feared for her job if she did not comply.

NEW BUFFALO — The Buffalo Farmers Market will be setting up in a new location this year.

NEW BUFFALO — A change in the School Resource Officer assigned to the New Buffalo Middle/High School building sparked a brief walk-out by about 20 students in apparent support of the outgoing SRO, Officer Mike Cluster, late Monday morning, March 21.

HARBERT — The Chikaming Township Board (and members of the community’s fire department) gave incoming fire chief Allen Weich a warm welcome during its March 10 meeting while also bidding a heartfelt farewell to longtime Chief Mike Davidson.

THREE OAKS — Thirty years ago, Virginia Scoggin married a man whose family hers had known for 50 years.

BRIDGMAN — A good person who made a lot of friends. A mentor. A great public servant.