Looking Back

Published November 16, 2018

Bicentennial year to wrap up with time capsule presentation

BIRMINGHAM — Christmastime in Birmingham is always special. But this year’s festivities will be a little more memorable, since they will serve as the conclusion of the city’s yearlong bicentennial celebration.

Published November 15, 2018

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Looking Back: Moving day for the Selinsky-Green Log House

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The preservation and restoration of the Selinsky-Green Log House began in 1974 when the structure was threatened with demolition as a result of the construction of the Interstate 696/Interstate 94 freeway interchange.

Published November 13, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Looking Back: Bandages for victory

BIRMINGHAM — On the 11th day of November 1918, at 11:11 a.m., World War I officially ended. The United States had entered the war about a year and a half earlier, on April 6, 1917.

Published November 6, 2018

Rochester Post

Looking Back: The stores along Main Street

ROCHESTER — People gather around stores on the east side of Rochester’s Main Street, near Fourth Street, in a photo that the staff of the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm said was likely taken between 1905 and 1910.

Published November 1, 2018

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Looking Back: The Emsee Theatre

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — For most people, this is a picture of Cass Avenue, looking toward the old Macomb County building on Gratiot Avenue. For those who have been around a considerable amount of time, this is a picture of the Emsee Theatre.

Published October 23, 2018

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Looking Back: St. Clair Shores Police Force

ST. CLAIR SHORES — On June 1, 1926, the St. Clair Shores Village Police Force was organized.

Published October 4, 2018

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Looking Back: ‘The Rose Capital’

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — While most local residents know the story of Mount Clemens as the Bath City, not all remember the days when it was known as the “Greatest Flower Nursery in the World” or simply “The Rose Capital.”

Published October 2, 2018

Rochester Post

Pumpkin festival, scarecrows to help spice up fall

ROCHESTER HILLS — As the weather cools and the leaves start falling from the trees, there is plenty to do at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm to celebrate the harvest season.

Published October 1, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Spoiler: There’s no swamp

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Did you know it took more than 100 years for 19th-century Detroiters to mosey on north to the area that would become Birmingham-Bloomfield? They figured there was nothing to discover but an “interminable swamp,” according to historian Neil Hepburn.

Published October 1, 2018

Shelby - Utica News

American Legion to memorialize Utica soldier’s death 100 years ago in WWI

UTICA — The Victor I. Rieck American Legion Post 351 will honor its namesake with a wreath-laying ceremony at 5 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Utica Cemetery, 46325 Shelby Road in Shelby Township.

Published September 28, 2018

Advertiser Times

Region celebrates 60th anniversary of the Spirit of Detroit

DETROIT — The Spirit of Detroit is one of Detroit’s most recognizable sites and a monument that encapsulates the Detroit experience for many people.

Published September 28, 2018

Advertiser Times

Rendez-vous cultural festival celebrates Detroit’s roots

DETROIT — Ste. Anne Parish de Detroit, 1000 St. Anne St. in Detroit, was the site of the second annual Rendez-vous Festival, a celebration of Detroit’s French Canadian and Native American roots.

Published September 25, 2018

Troy Times

After 90 years, family reflects on poultry farm

TROY — Although the fifth-generation family business hasn’t raised chickens or turkeys on the former farm on Rochester Road, near South Boulevard, since 1969, it still operates with the adage, “If we don’t like it, we don’t sell it.”

Published September 25, 2018

Rochester Post

Looking Back: The Avon Double Jubilee

ROCHESTER — Eighty-three years ago, the Avon Double Jubilee celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first Avon Township meeting.

Photo provided by the St. Clair Shores Historical Commission

Published September 24, 2018

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Looking Back: The Greendale Inn

The Greendale Inn in St. Clair Shores occupied the space at 27609 Harper Ave., at 11 Mile Road. With its large parking lot, the Greendale presided over the corner from at least 1937, since a phone directory for that year lists the phone number as ROSevl-238.

Published September 24, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Looking Back: 1939 tornado twists through Oakland County

OAKLAND COUNTY — June 10, 1939, saw some crazy weather wreak havoc across Oakland County.

Published September 11, 2018

Grosse Pointe Times

Great Lakes shipwrecks highlight ‘Three Disastrous Anniversaries’ program

DETROIT — Frank Mays was in the dunnage room aboard the Carl D. Bradley freighter the evening of Nov. 18, 1958, when a storm hit over Lake Michigan. With waves reaching 40 feet in height and wind gusts of 55 mph, the vessel could not make it through the storm that had brewed in the lake’s upper part.

Published August 31, 2018

Farmington Press

Looking Back: Owen House, 1900s

FARMINGTON — In the early 1900s, the Owen House hotel stood at the site of the Village Mall, at the southeast corner of Grand River Avenue and Farmington Road. Rates were $1.50 per day, with a special Sunday dinner for 25 cents.

Published August 27, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Looking Back: George Mitchell’s secret love

BLOOMFIELD/BIRMINGHAM — George Mitchell, a pillar of community life in the village of Bloomfield in the late 1800s, was known for many talents. He was a prolific entrepreneur and the village postmaster.

Published August 24, 2018

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Looking Back: The Old Crowd

MOUNT CLEMENS — If it’s August in Mount Clemens, the men of the Old Crowd are either working on their fish stories, parading through downtown to a boat dock or recovering from their annual meeting.