ADRIAN — There are several student success stories at Michener Elementary School in Adrian, so many that Principal Ann Lacasse couldn’t contain her excitement when recalling the number of positive events this school year while addressing the Adrian Public Schools Board of Education in April. Lacasse gave an overview of those student highlights as the school board conducted one of its April meetings in Michener’s media center. The elementary school can stake its claim as one of the few elementary schools in Michigan to have two statewide poster competition winners....

The Southeast Como community pulled out their gloves, bags and trash grabbers under Sunday’s cool spring weather to pick up litter and beautify the neighborhood. The effort was part of the Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA)’s annual Earth Day Cleanup event, one of many Earth Day celebrations held in Minneapolis over the weekend. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board ran cleanup events at more than 40 locations throughout the city and the Great River Coalition held their ninth annual Earth Day Bee 5K in Boom Island Park. Gregory Gallenberger, SECIA’s...

Eden Prairie Center buzzed on Saturday as the annual ECO EXPO, featuring more than 45 eco-friendly exhibitors, drew crowds to its center court to celebrate Earth Day two days ahead of the official date, April 22. Hosted by the Eden Prairie AM Rotary Club, the event encouraged the community to “Go Green” and “Do Good.” Mayor Ron Case lauded the initiative, stating, “What a wonderful, incredible event it is, and we’re so proud of the morning rotary and what they’re doing.” Designed to inspire residents of Eden Prairie and nearby...

Freeport Community Library plans to hand out more than 100 preordered trees to the community this week in recognition of Earth Day. This year’s free trees will be the largest order since the library first offered the program two years ago, when it passed out 66 free tamarack saplings to children in town. This year, 103 kids will receive white cedar saplings, which are native to Maine. The program stems from a partnership with Neighborhood Trees, an organization founded in 2010 that gives away native saplings to children across the...

SALISBURY — The Bell Tower Green in downtown Salisbury came alive on Saturday for Earth Day Jam, the farm-to-festival event hosted by local nonprofit Happy Roots. A day filled with cold drinks, food and friends was enough to make anyone smile, but for the music enthusiasts, the showcase of entertainment represented just what a musical destination that Salisbury is. Blake Christiana performs vocals and plays guitar for the band Yarn, which belted out tracks from beneath the amphitheater between the 4-5 p.m. time slot. Over the years, Christiana has made...

Kailey Lloyd pours water on a newly planted tree as she joins Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands and other community volunteers for a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration to plant more than 250 trees at the Regional Athletic Complex in Rose Park on Monday, April 22, 2024. If you choose to observe this annual holiday, there are several documentaries and movies that offer unique perspectives on Earth, the environment, the creatures we share our planet with and the space our globe rotates within. Here are movies...

Though I’ve personally always been more inclined to go with the “Every Day is Earth Day” modus operandi, I think it’s still worth celebrating and uplifting the “official” Earth Day. Especially in these times when there are so many things going on in the world and we’re all exposed to a plethora of news and events from a firehose of outlets: I feel like it helps to reflect, refocus, and recalibrate on the one issue that affects us all in profound and existential ways: the health and balance of this...

Ashley models Diana Magdiel Bedolla’s recycled, upcycled and repurposed clothing at the first-ever SLCC Trashion Show at the SLCC Fashion Institute in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 22, 2024. Salt Lake Community College Fashion Institute student Victor Matvienko strutted his stuff on the green carpet Monday, observing Earth Day by taking part in the college’s first ever “Trashion Show.” Matvienko, completing his first year as a fashion institute student, sported an intricate, short-sleeved patchwork shirt he sewed from fabric scraps that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill....