This is a very different holiday season
Peter Rose I’m happy to tell you that the “Black Friday” weekend brought lots of…
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Melva Bonis’ Christmas cake and more
Culinary Capers with Evelyn Cairns A Christmas tradition that began nearly 50 years ago will…
New ‘forward-thinking’ zoning for McLouth site satisfies residents
Paula Neuman Trenton city officials took action after being blasted by hundreds of Downriver residents,…
Miss Amazing, indeed
Jo Brighton grad is winner of statewide pageant Paula Neuman Amy Douglas, a graduate of…
Kiwanis Club gives dictionaries to third-graders
PAULA NEUMAN Third-grade students in Wyandotte, Ecorse, River Rouge and Lincoln Park are looking up…
Community comes together; softball players win
Wyandotte Tribe gives young fastpitch players a place to play despite COVID Tom Tigani Despite…
Church-based Puzzle Club goes mobile
Val Dutton The concept was the same as that used with pennies in a convenience…
Award-winning designer opens fashion boutique on Biddle
Paula Neuman Even a pandemic hasn’t kept award-winning fashion designer and artist Cheryl Zemke from…
Trip to Refuge sparks fond John Dingell memory
LARRY CARUSO I went recently and took some photos at the newly opened International Wildlife…
‘Scooter Squad’ rolls around the Downriver area
DAVE GORGON Five Downriver women have chosen Segway scooters as their favorite mode of transportation…
From grief comes new hope
Prechter family creates largest bipolar study in the nation Paula Neuman Self-made millionaire, business mogul…
Downriver artist continues work on community sculpture initiative
This summer, the Downriver communities were looking forward to witnessing the first of many outdoor…
Fairies gardens provide joy Downriver during pandemic
Val Dutton Who believes in fairies? Many Downriver neighbors do and they are creating fairy…
Russ Dunsky has been ‘Elvis’ for nearly 50 years
Dave Gorgon Forty-three years after the passing of Elvis Presley, his memory lives on through…