Hungry Howie’s closed its W. Michigan Ave. store and reopened at the end of April about a mile down the road on E. Michigan. Husband-and-wife owners Patrick Shannon and Carole King-Shannon wanted a more central location....
Read MoreNorthwest of Chelsea, a black-and-gold sign announces “Mill Pond Bread” with the fleur-de-lis symbol of the French kings. The fragrance of baking–depending on the day, it might be Lithuanian rye bread,...
Read MorePotatoes. Pretzels. Vegetables. Apples. Organic meats and eggs. Hand-dipped chocolates. Cookies. Cakes. Dog biscuits and cat treats. Alpaca wool socks. Raw, raspberry, blueberry, and thistle honeys. Jams. Jellies. Syrups. Soaps....
Read MoreKelly Hone spends her workdays with Chico the chinchilla, Badger the ferret, and Snowflake the hedgehog. Mice, chicks, bunnies, red-footed tortoises, Petunia the pot-bellied pig, and Nigerian dwarf goats round out her retinue....
Read More“It was love at first sight,” gushes Nichole Nilsson. She’s speaking of her first visit to Nixon Farms while planning her September 2013 wedding. “The minute we walked into the barn, we thought this was...
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Brendan McCall and his wife, Lili Kostova, searched for a year and a half for a house to buy. McCall, thirty-two, is executive chef and partner at Mani Osteria and Isalita restaurants, both located in downtown Ann Arbor....
Read MoreWill Dexter’s schools annex Whitmore Lake’s schools? Not anytime soon.”The discussion was put on hold,” says Dexter Community Schools superintendent Chris Timmis. “The cost model really...
Read MoreDana McGrath was “ready for something more.” With the youngest of her four children preparing to leave for college and with more than a decade’s experience working as an interior designer and buyer at Merkel...
Read MoreWe received sixty-three entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for Washtenaw Community Auto Repair in the Winter Community Observer. The ad featured a list of automotive services offered, each with the letter ‘L’...
Read MoreThe prospect of seeing trains fly by at 110 miles an hour has been a hot topic of conversation along the Detroit-Chicago railroad line for several years. In Chelsea, train talk heated up again in October, when crews went to work...
Read MoreOn the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the guns on the western front of the Great War fell silent, ending four of the bloodiest years in the history of the world.The war demolished empires and...
Read MoreDeb Ellison lives on 240 acres near Manchester, with a view of the River Raisin. But she’s concerned that her waterfront idyll is threatened. At the end of June, Ellison received a notice in the mail from ET Rover...
Read MoreIn September, Manchester resident Dave Gallinat opened the Plaid Melon Cafe in Chelsea’s Clocktower Complex–offering breakfast, lunch, specialty coffees, and desserts. Although he took over the lease from Gourmet...
Read MoreAt the end of May, Deborah Coy moved her women’s clothing and accessories store, The Attic Boutique, from its location above Seitz’s Tavern to a street-level space on E. Middle St. Coy opened her business last...
Read MoreAfter nearly twenty years in business, sisters and business partners Lynne Faist and Jane Diesing will close The Village Shoppe–the clothing, gifts, and home furnishings store on Main St. that they ran with their mother,...
Read MoreAfter nearly forty-seven years in business, Judy Merkel welcomed customers to Wolverine Food & Spirits one last time on August 23–the day of the Chelsea Community Fair parade. Merkel says the Wolverine has always been...
Read More“I love the idea of taking something that was beautiful and making it beautiful again,” says Cathy Melton about her shop, Vintage Barn Boutique, which opened in July in Just Imagine’s former space on E. Middle...
Read MoreLittle Conductors, the kids’ store and train rental that opened over the summer on Old US-12 in Oak Tree Plaza, has changed its location and split in two. “Sales flattened, and we found out that we were confusing...
Read MoreCarolyn McNagny is moving her Bumble’s Dry Goods gift shop from W. Middle St. to River Gallery’s former space on Main St. and hopes to open at the new location in September. “I’d run out of room,”...
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