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Did you know that out of all the months of the year, July ranks third in popularity? According to Ranker, a website that polls millions on everything from film to sports to food, July even topped December, which clocked in at fourth; May secured the top spot, while June came in...

By Sarah Shurge – After seven and a half years of serving the community, Mayor Pro Tempore Tom Porter, resigned from his seat on City Council on Tuesday, June 20th. Effective Wednesday, June 21st, his resignation was final and official. “I have put off this day as long as I...

There were cars made in Wayne before Ford? Yes! The first was made by a man named Charles Collier, a Civil War veteran, he moved to Wayne around 1900 and opened a bicycle repair shop at the corner of Brush and Newberry. Known as a tinkerer, Collier put bicycle tires on a buggy...

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,...