2017 September Archives - Page 2 of 3

Hams Online

Sep 15, 2017 | Community |

Over twenty-four hours in June, more than 100 local amateur radio operators made contact with more...

Drought Opens on E. Washington

Sep 15, 2017 | Marketplace |

In 2010, Julie James and three of her sisters all moved back home with their parents in Plymouth while they worked to start their own business. The result of their collective labor, Drought Juice, opened its sixth location at...

Notes from the Field

Sep 14, 2017 | Community, My Town |

A pokeweed plant insists on my attention. It has rooted near the chain-link fence, pushing...

Tumbao Bravo

Sep 13, 2017 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |

It took Tumbao Bravo just two days to record its most recent CD. Since most bands take much longer...

Terry B’s Sold

Sep 13, 2017 | Marketplace |

“We’re battling the perception that we’re a special occasion place,” says...

Vievee Francis

Sep 12, 2017 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |

Fifteen years ago, a dynamic group of young poets in Detroit gathered around Vievee Francis. As...

Fred’s

Sep 11, 2017 | Dine, Marketplace, Restaurant Reviews |

Get out your scorecards, because we’re again assessing changes at the stylish, big-windowed...

City Administrator Howard Lazarus

Sep 10, 2017 | Community, Profiles |

Late for an interview at City Hall, I sprint for the strangely darkened stairway. A man blocks me,...

Ugly Dog Heads Downtown

Sep 9, 2017 | Marketplace |

Ugly Dog Distillery, which opened seven years ago on N. Territorial Rd., will move to the long-vacant UAW hall on Main St. during the first quarter of 2018. Ugly Dog’s gins and vodkas–including raspberry and bacon...

Chelsea’s Hallmark Dayspring Gifts Closes

Sep 9, 2017 | Marketplace |

August marked the end of an era for Tom Ungrodt when he closed Chelsea Shopping Center’s Hallmark Dayspring Gifts. In 1960, Tom’s father Skip opened the family’s first Hallmark store–Crown House of...

In the Rough at the AACC

Sep 9, 2017 | Community |

The Ann Arbor Country Club lies at the center of Loch Alpine, a subdivision of more than 400 homes...

County Millage

Sep 8, 2017 | News |

Isn’t mid-August kind of late to start a campaign for a November 7 millage?”Oh, hell, yes,” replies county commissioner Andy LaBarre. “We’ll do the best we can.”The commissioners voted in July...