Published April 7, 2015
GROSSE POINTE SHORES — They may not have been fine artists themselves, but Edsel and Eleanor Ford were thoroughly engaged with the creative community, supporting the arts and surrounding themselves with inspired art and design.
Read MorePublished April 6, 2015
WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield Township Parks and Recreation Commission announced April 1 that the township has been selected as a participant for the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Inside|Out program.
Read MorePublished April 6, 2015
ROYAL OAK — Construction to add about 90 more spaces to the Farmers Market parking lot is expected to begin this week with a target completion date in September.
The $621,904 parking addition is scheduled to be open for vehicles before Labor Day weekend, in time for Arts, Beats & Eats.
City of Royal Oak Community Engagement Specialist Judy Davids said WCI Contractors Inc. will begin work to extend the existing parking lot at the market, located at 316 E. 11 Mile Road, further south.
Read MorePublished April 6, 2015
A greener, warmer Michigan might signal the end of winter driving, but the end of winter advisory alerts doesn’t mean that drivers can let down their guard.
According to AAA Public Affairs Director Susan Hiltz, many people take road trips around this time of year. But she said some vehicles may need to prepare for a transition between local cold winter driving and driving over the next couple of months.
Road trips also require careful attention to surrounding traffic, she said.
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Published April 8, 2015
Written by Kim Parr, director of the Macomb County Historical Society and Crocker House Museum, located at 15 Union St., Mount Clemens, MI 48043, www.crockerhousemuseum.com.
Read MorePublished April 1, 2015
METRO DETROIT — Elegance and simplicity are essential elements of award-winning home design.
“Our clients want quality architectural details,” said John VanBrouck, of Luxe Homes, one of the winners of the Detroit Home Design Awards, held March 24 at The Fillmore Detroit. “They are looking for something that is different, unique and creative with classic styling.”
Published April 1, 2015
METRO DETROIT — With spring right around the corner, it won’t be long before farmers markets open up, ready to bring shoppers the locally grown produce that may not have all the chemicals that larger grocers might sell.
Read MorePublished March 30, 2015
Most auto owners want their cars to go the distance on durability, but it often requires driver diligence to succeed, according to some auto repair businesses.
According to Hal Collins, owner of Hal’s Auto Clinic in Farmington Hills, his business sees lots of cars with around 200,000 miles on their odometers.
“The manufacturers have done a great job of making the cars more durable,” he said.
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Published March 27, 2015
UTICA — A teen playwright will see a play of his staged for the first time at Utica High School this month.
Utica senior Jacob Feeman will present his play, “Lovely Lovely Valentine,” from April 23-25 at his school.
The play is described as being about young people, and its poster’s tagline says, “Life doesn’t have endings … only moments.”
Read MorePublished March 27, 2015
WARREN — It has become a tradition flanked with its own Paris-like runway.
Every year, Regina High School parents, students, alumni and friends gather for the school’s annual fashion show that the Regina Mothers Guild sponsors. The goal is to raise money for the school.
Read MorePublished March 30, 2015
WARREN/ST. CLAIR SHORES — On May 8, 1945, German forces laid down their arms to end World War II in Europe.
That date, V-E Day as it is now remembered, marked the end of the bloodiest conflict in European history, and also the beginning of the end of the most destructive war the world has ever known.
Events planned in Warren and St. Clair Shores next month will commemorate the 70th anniversary.
Read MorePublished March 26, 2015
Did you, a parent or grandparent fight in World War II, work in a factory to support the war effort, or plant a “victory garden” to feed the family when wartime rationing made things scarce?
If the answer is yes, then we want you, or them.
World War II ended 70 years ago this year with the formal surrender of Japan on Sept. 2, 1945. On May 8, the world will recognize the 70th anniversary of V-E Day, which marked the end of the war in Europe.
Published March 25, 2015
METRO DETROIT — In William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” the revered poet and playwright said that “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
More than 400 years later, that quote can be attributed to something more traditional and commonplace: interior design and real estate.
Home staging is arguably more popular than it’s ever been before. The process of preparing a home to make it more appealing to potential buyers has become vital to those who sell homes.
Published March 25, 2015
METRO DETROIT — Let’s face it: When it comes to snapping prom photos, seniors are probably more concerned with what their Instagram feed will look like than how the actual printed photos will turn out.
Read MorePublished March 25, 2015
Fred Schott established a grocery and dry goods store on Utica Road, south of 14 Mile Road, in the early 1930s. His son, Alfred, later took over the business. Pictured is a winter scene of the Schott family by their Fraser home.
Photo and caption submitted by Alan Naldrett, Fraser Historical Society
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Published March 25, 2015
ROCHESTER — The Paint Creek Center for the Arts recently opened its new exhibition, “4 x 4,” which runs through April 11.
“4 x 4” features the work of four women — Candace Law, Patrice Erickson, Toby Millman and Rachel Gervais — in honor of March as national Women’s History Month.
“It’s a really unique exhibition in that it does engage and it is very educational,” said Rana Edgar, director of exhibitions and the art market.
Published March 25, 2015
This is a photograph of Del Reese, whose route to deliver dairy products for Miller Brothers Creamery included Mount Clemens and Utica.
Read MorePublished March 25, 2015
HAZEL PARK — Each year, the Hazel Park Drama Club has a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. For this year’s musical, it’s winding back the clock to the turn of the 20th century, for a tale of romance and rivalry out west.
Read MorePublished March 24, 2015
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. never gave up on his dream of working in the music business.
Although he tried boxing as a career and spent a brief moment on Detroit’s automobile assembly line in the 1950s, neither was fulfilling.
“That wasn’t who he was,” said Coraleen Rawls, curator at the Motown Museum in Detroit. “He was trying to be a square peg fitting into a round hole.”
Published March 23, 2015
The spring starts a new season of construction, but awareness could keep drivers from being barraged by sights of barrels during their commutes — or at least let them plan for a longer drive.
Oakland and Macomb counties’ road commissions have announced several upcoming projects for the spring and beyond.
According to Bob Hoepfner, director of the Macomb County Department of Roads, his agency plans to do about $42 million in roadwork this construction season.
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