Remembering Tony Bliss, dedicated local volunteer
Tony Bliss
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MADISON HEIGHTS As the Madison Heights community mourns the unexpected passing of long-time volunteer Tony Bliss, they are also celebrating his life of service to others.
According to his son, Madison Heights City Councilman Mark Bliss, Tony Bliss died of a sudden heart attack May 19.
“He had just gotten over COVID the month prior, so the belief is that the ‘after-COVID’ complications likely played a role, as he was only 60 years old, with no known history of heart issues,” Mark Bliss said in an email.
But while his passing was sudden, people won’t soon forget the legacy of Tony Bliss.
Human Relations Equity Commission adds new voting positions
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MADISON HEIGHTS The Madison Heights Human Relations Equity Commission will now have more voting members and be allowed to host nonpartisan events following a change authorized by the Madison Heights City Council at its meeting March 22.
The change was proposed by Emily Rohrbach, a member of the City Council and its liaison on the HREC. She wanted to amend the HREC’s founding resolution so that the number of voting members would increase from five to seven. However, at the suggestion of fellow council member Mark Bliss, the number was increased to nine voting members in order to include representatives from the Madison District Public Schools, Lamphere Public Schools and Bishop Foley Catholic High School.
BUSINESSES across Dorchester reopened for the first time in months as the Government rolled out phase two of its roadmap. The second phase saw the reopening of pub outdoor spaces, non-essential retail, and hairdressers and barbers - much to the relief of many shoppers, who have been restricted to visiting Dorchester s high street shops due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was also a relief for business owners across the town including landlord Mark Bliss, who runs the Sydney Arms in Bridport Road. He said: I think the whole social side is what people have missed the most. To just be around other people is important for a lot of us.
LANDLORDS at two pubs are ready to fling open their doors to the public after their venues have seen huge investment. Weymouth s Nothe Tavern and the Sydney Arms in Dorchester have seen investment from pub operator Marston s, which has provided cash injections towards outdoor garden spaces as well as the installation of up-to-date systems. As part of the operator’s ongoing Covid-19 secure measures, Marston’s has invested in their pubs up and down the country to accommodate the easing of restrictions from April 12.
The new outdoor seating area at the Grade II-listed building, the Sydney Arms Sydney Arms landlord Mark Bliss said: The beer garden has been completely transformed.
The lost treasures of 1970s boxing
Footage of fighters like Tim Wood and Phil Martin boxing in the 1970s is hard to come by, writes Miles Templeton
IN a recent article on Alan Richardson, I commented that he “is another of those champions from the 1970s that is in danger of being forgotten.” I do not know the exact reason why the 1970s, considered by so many to be a golden age, produced so many good scrappers that rarely get a mention today, but I suspect that it may be because so little of what they achieved in the ring is readily available on film.