Hello Everybody!
Every issue of The Romeo Observer from the 2000s is now digitized and made searchable. This means that we are done scanning all of the Romeo newspapers! You can read about how people reacted to major events like the September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina as well as local ones like the 2003 Blackout, the Romeo Victorian Festival, and the 50th Anniversary of Melvin E. Bleich taking over ownership of The Romeo Observer. The photo seen above is of Mel celebrating his 50th year as owner and operator in 2009.
I'm sure that Mel would be proud of the hard work my intern Jen Derless and I have done for nearly two and a half years.
And of course, you can also research the Romeo Peach Festival and the women who became the Peach Queens in that decade.
As of now, Jen and I are in the process of uploading every single issue to the Suburban Library Cooperative's Local History Digital Collection. The link can also be found on the Romeo Community Archives website under Research and Genealogy & Obits pages. We plan on finishing this final step by the end of June.
The newspapers that we have digitized are listed below:
- The Romeo Investigator (1851)
- The Romeo Argus (1857, 1860-1862, 1864)
- The Romeo Hydrant (1890)
- The Romeo Press (1937-1939)
- The Romeo Observer (1866-2015)
If you want to see the newspapers sooner, you can make an appointment to see these editions on our computers by calling (586) 690-4890 or emailing rca@romeodistrictlibrary.
This is for you, Mel!