Published December 4, 2018
DETROIT — Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts is marking its 90th anniversary by celebrating its storied early history while also acknowledging its more recent past.
Read MorePublished November 30, 2018
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The Barneys were among the first residents of Harrison Township to settle on one of the islands at the end of South River Road.
Read MorePublished November 23, 2018
MOUNT CLEMENS — A historical steam engine that once played a role in the city’s bath houses has returned to Mount Clemens.
Read MorePublished November 16, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished November 15, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished November 13, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished November 6, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished November 1, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished October 23, 2018
ST. CLAIR SHORES — On June 1, 1926, the St. Clair Shores Village Police Force was organized.
Read MorePublished October 4, 2018
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.”
Read MorePublished October 2, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished October 1, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished October 1, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished September 28, 2018
DETROIT — The Spirit of Detroit is one of Detroit’s most recognizable sites and a monument that encapsulates the Detroit experience for many people.
Read MorePublished September 28, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished September 25, 2018
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.”
Read MorePublished September 25, 2018
ROCHESTER — Eighty-three years ago, the Avon Double Jubilee celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first Avon Township meeting.
Read MorePublished September 24, 2018
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.
Read MorePublished September 24, 2018
OAKLAND COUNTY — June 10, 1939, saw some crazy weather wreak havoc across Oakland County.
Read MorePublished September 11, 2018
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.
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