Q. “Not infrequently the mail delivery person will stomp across my front yard, and through my garden, to get to the next delivery, next door. Isn’t she/he expected to stay on the sidewalk?” A. A USPS communications specialist...
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Jennifer Larke’s descent into unemployment hell started in April 2020. Not just because she lost...
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“It was a good time to be a homeless animal,” says Huron Valley Humane Society director Tanya...
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Briere, now retired to California, is speaking of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that...
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In April, St. Joe’s parent, Trinity Health Michigan, announced that it would consolidate branding...
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Serendipity Books swapped storefronts with Copper Crate Mercantile & Unique Rentals and moved from W. Middle to E. Middle St. at the beginning of this year. The move not only gives Serendipity owner Michelle Tuplin the large...
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“It’s been beautiful and painful,” Jason Povlich says. In October 2020, Povlich and his wife,...
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“It is a surprise even to folks who live in Chelsea,” Jennifer Kundak emails of the forty-five or...
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On July 4, 1841—the day the first train arrived in Dexter—crowds began gathering early in the...
Read More“When I drive around, all I see is what used to be here,” says Washtenaw County water resources commissioner Evan Pratt. What used to be here were swamps. The landscape was so wet that during the first wave of...
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Nine Southeast Michigan land conservancies won the funds through the Lake Erie Conservation...
Read MoreThe halls of a community college are filled with a sense of urgency. Whether it’s rushing to make it to class before getting marked late or hurrying out the door just in time for work, the atmosphere is filled with hard...
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“Eeeeven the speed test is slo-o-ow!” laughs Barb Fuller, her audio delayed and video...
Read MoreManchester’s food horizons are looking a bit brighter. An indoor farmers market, conceived as a response to the closing of the village’s only grocery store in early 2019, is up and running in a shoebox storefront. By...
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Extraordinary timing, great good luck, creative financing, and two fortuitous phone calls combined...
Read MoreAfter a decade downtown, Bill Harris will close Just Imagine–his book, toy, and musical instrument store on Chelsea’s W. Middle St.–at the end of March and retire. “My wife and I have plans to finally do...
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Under threatening skies, dozens of wandering geese in Saline’s Mill Pond Park erupted into...
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“Gordon Hall is a house we all love. Many, many generous donors are helping to restore it...
Read MoreJason Povlich–owner of Chelsea’s Jet’s Pizza and music venue the Rumpus Room–says he plans to open the Grateful Crow restaurant in the Clocktower Complex this spring. The restaurant, in the space Chelsea...
Read MoreWe don’t need the Farmer’s Almanac to tell us that we live in one of the top ten cloudiest states. Good news though! Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, so maybe an early spring? In the meantime, what...
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