I was named editor for Trenton Patch in December 2010. I left a cozy job as a reporter at The News-Herald for the excitement and faster pace of daily online reporting. I truly believe the internet, coupled with various electronic devices, is the future of the news. I also believe hyper localism will play an enormous role in the continuing success of media organizations like Patch.
I'm a Downriver boy who cares about his community and I fully intend to report the news as it comes, while maintaining at least two fingers on the pulse of the community.
While at The News-Herald I won an award for reporting. I once covered Cruisin' Downriver from the back of an 87' Trac Clipper moped. I've also covered the death of a decorated and well respected police officer. My roots are here in southeastern Michigan and I intend to keep them here.
I have two degrees from accredited universities. I have a journalism degree from Wayne State University and a degree in literature from Eastern Michigan University. I've always wanted to be a reporter and an editor. I wrote for my high school newspaper called The Titan Tribune at Southgate Anderson High School. After high school I took the safe route and studied to be a teacher, but eventually the reporting bug began calling and I went back to school to pursue journalism.
I love Trenton and the good people who live there. I'm asking all of you to help me make this site as good as it can be by keeping me as informed as possible. Feel free to contact me via email or leave a message right on this site.
Trenton High School junior Katie Kurilko was asked to play piano during Mayor Kyle Stack's State of the City Address.
The following information was supplied by the Trenton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Athletes from across the country will descend on southeast Michigan to compete in front of college coaches and scouts at the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Prep Hockey Showcase.
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By his third shift, a new Trenton firefighter was thought to have been exposed to a fatal illness, involved in a fire at McLouth Steel and instrumental in rescuing a Grosse Ile employee who was buried alive.
Crews are currently prepping the former McLouth Steel site for a potential sale or lease by cutting up and scrapping metal found on the property.
Athletes will descend on Trenton to compete in front of college coaches and scouts at the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Prep Hockey Showcase Feb. 6-9. One of Detroit Catholic Central's games will be broadcast on TV.
The Trenton City Beautiful Commission honored four residents with the annual Home Decorating Award.
Athletes from across the country will descend on Trenton to compete in front of college coaches and scouts at the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Prep Hockey Showcase from Feb. 6-9.
Athletes from across the country and beyond will descend on Trenton to compete in front of college coaches and scouts at the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Prep Hockey Showcase Feb. 6-9.
Trenton Mayor Kyle Stack's State of the City Address was held Monday morning at the Westfield Activities Center.
Former Riverside Hospital property owner Iqbal Nasir did not allow Trenton officials access to inspect the site in January.
Some Trenton-Grosse Ile Patch users were disappointed to find out the nature of a new business coming to West Road.
James Farrell, Grosse Ile resident and public works employee, died at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on Jan. 28.
Check out these job openings, courtesy of indeed.com and snagajob.com.
The following information was supplied by the Trenton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Trenton teen was found dead last September and the cause of his death was released last week.
A house for sale on Swan Island in Grosse Ile Township sits on a deep-water canal and has a boat dock in the backyard.
Got a photo or a review of local business? Share it in the Trenton-Grosse Ile Patch Pics and Clips section or in our Directory, and you could receive a shout out from editor Nate Stemen on the site and in the Saturday newsletter.
The price on a move-in ready foreclosed house in Trenton dropped recently by more than $15,000.
