Albion Pleiad

Shop in downtown Albion just three times and win up to $500.  Albion’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) with the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce is in the middle of  its first-ever, 8-week “Albion Bucks” raffle. First prize in the raffle is $500, followed by $400 for second place and $300 for third. The raffle is [...]

News travels fast in Albion, and word about the reopening of Gina’s Pizza and Deli was no exception. With next to nothing spent on advertising, Gina’s Pizza and Deli has received steady business since its reopening Oct. 19. The first Gina’s Pizza and Deli was opened by Gina Pritchard and located on East Porter St., [...]

Let’s face it: Albion isn’t exactly a classic example of a college town.  There are some good restaurants and bars, but that’s pretty much it.  For the most part, students don’t wander around the town for new adventures and if they do, it’s on a very low income.  Most students stay on campus and look [...]

The Bohm Theatre Update For the Friends of the Bohm, the group dedicated to saving the Bohm Theatre in Albion’s historic downtown, rain is their worst enemy, and unfortunately this week has been full of it. The biggest boon to reviving the Bohm Theatre that closed in November of 2008, is water damage coming in [...]

Thanks Albion Interfaith Ministries, some in the community of Albion have gotten a helping hand. Albion Interfaith Ministries (AIM) is an organization comprised of 18 different churches and an independent board. Its goal is to benefit the city of Albion and assist those less fortunate and is entirely volunteer based. Pastor Ramona Truss, director of Aim, [...]

The city of Albion finished in fourth place in the Reader’s Digest “We Hear You America!” competition – an online contest where residents voted for their towns in order to win money for city improvements. The result of this competition was a $10,000 check that was awarded to the city on April 25. Plans for the use of [...]

Albion College swimmers took to the water in an inaugural swim at Reiger Park’s newly renovated swimming and ice-skating pond. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the Reiger Park pond took place Nov. 10. Pond renovations completed in September offer a safe place for children to swim in the summer and ice-skate in winter months. The [...]

When asked how Albion High School’s (AHS) standardized test scores slipped below state standards, Willie Lewis, director of achievement and accountability, knew exactly where to identify the root of the problem. “It all boils down to leadership,” Lewis said. At the beginning of the 2006-07 school year, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) started assessing [...]

From its Albion-based location, Patriot Solar Group engineers, manufactures and sells solar trackers—the systems that support solar panels—to customers across the United States and internationally as well. The goal: to eventually be number one brand in the nation in megawatt hours for solar tracking systems installed. “We’re receiving almost daily requests from people to be [...]

For Albion mayor Joe Domingo, this past weekend sparked a new era in how both the residential and collegiate community can make a difference for the city of Albion. On Sept. 10 and 11, the Albion Community Foundation (ACF) launched the first annual Extreme Community Makeover in an effort to improve the aesthetic and civic [...]