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By Courtney Conover – There are no pretenses or putting on airs when it comes to Harold Bullock, 56, of Wayne. Bullock unabashedly describes himself as just a regular blue-collar guy who has spent most of his life working as a mechanic. He’s been married to his wife, Liz,...

By Sarah Shurge – Mark your calendars because the annual car cruise, Cruisin’ US12 is quickly approaching. The event will be happening on Saturday, July 8th, from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. For the 17th year in a row, Michigan Avenue and downtown Wayne will be packed with classic and...

Summa Cum Laude 3.8-4.0 (and above) Cumulative Grade Point Average Gold Cord, Blue/Gold Hood, White Tassel Teya Adham Camryn Anway Jacob Clos Diego Garcia Alaiyah Gordon Austin Harden Kenneth Huynh Rowan Knape Emily Lemus Jocelyn Mendoza Yazmin Munoz-Mejia Lillianah Olatunji...

There are two valedictorians this year, and Wayne Memorial High School has seven salutatorians. Both categories of achievement are determined strictly by cumulative GPA. Valedictorians have GPAs 4.0 and above. Salutatorians have GPAs between 3.93 and 3.99. Teya Adham –...

Robert “Bob” Boertje was born on June 3, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan. He passed away on June 5, 2023 at the age of 63 in Wayne, Michigan. Robert was the son of Teresia and Jacob Boertje and is survived by wife, Lynn Ann Boertje, brother, Michael (Andrea) Boertje,...

“I only have one wrinkle,” Jeanne Calment of Arles, France, once said. “And I’m sitting on it.” As you might surmise—just from that quote alone, Calment wasn’t the kind of woman who bit her tongue. But, then again, when you’ve lived to see the age of 122 like Calment did, I think...

It was announced in August 1950 that Ford would build a new plant just west of Wayne in what was then Nankin Township. The new plant would be built on the Stellwagen farm, on the south side of Michigan Avenue. The Stellwagen’s had come from Germany in the 1850s and settled there,...

Christopher Brown Starlita Cartwright O’Marrion Drake Diego Maradiegue-Szpara Javarie Reamer Michael Slone Damien Massey Christian Meador Chase Allen Ryan Hulbert Alyssa Atkinson Samuel Ovalles Alyssa Smyth Ja’kari Thomas Kamaria Tramble Madison Gregory Donovan...

By Sarah Shurge – The Wayne Memorial High School Boys Bowling team won the 2023 MHSAA State Championship on Friday, March 3rd. Now the team is raising money to help pay for their championship rings and travel expenses for the National Tournament in Beavercreek, Ohio on June...

US-12 CRUISE July 8th 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Cruisin’ US12 2023 ALL DAY FREE FAMILY FUN PITSTOPS SHUTTLES LIVE MUSIC FOOD DRINKS CLASSIC CARS AND SO MUCH MORE! KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS July 15th 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wayne Community Yard Sale – Direct Market...