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By Sarah Shurge – “There isn’t another organization out there that does what we do. People need help more than ever and FAN is a way to get people help,” said Laura Mack, Secretary of the Northwest Wayne County Chapter of FAN. Families Against Narcotics (FAN) has the...

By Sarah Shurge – Congratulations to the Wayne Memorial High School Boys Bowling team on winning the 2023 MHSAA State Championship on Friday, March 3rd. The team consists of Jeremiah Hodge, Elliot Hill, Davin Raisanen, Mark-Vincent Wells, Santray Trottier, Kyle Webster, and...

By Sarah Shurge – It started as what seemed like a normal day. February 14th, Valentine’s Day. A day dedicated to love. No one expected the day to end in the tragic loss of a loved one. Jacob Dawson-Escobedo was right in front of Franklin Middle School, the school he...

I openly admit it: I am a reluctant beneficiary of technology. I like the smell, feel, and sound of turning a weathered page of a hardcover book. I prefer writing my lists on the backs of discarded bill envelopes or pieces of scrap paper as opposed to taking advantage of my...

By Sarah Shurge – When you think of church, most of the time you think of a building. A location. A place to go. “A building is a safe place to gather, to worship, to be seen, to be welcomed at, but we understand the real truth, that church is the followers,” said Ryan...

What were Wayne’s contributions to the WWII war efforts? The first contribution would be the human one, over 800 men and 23 women were directly in service to the country. Forty-nine men and one woman from Wayne would lose their life during the course of the war. Twenty-three...

Lenten fish fry St. Mary Catholic Church, 34530 Michigan Ave, will be holding their annual Lenten Fish Fry on Fridays through March 31. The hours are 4-7:00 p.m. The event will be carry-out only. You can visit the website www.stmarywayne.org or call (734) 721-8745 to place your...

By Courtney Conover – There are simply too many to choose from. Ask Kitty Monit, the Taft-Galloway Elementary School main office secretary, to pick the most memorable moment of her career, and one will find that she’s got her work cut out for her. Perhaps it’s the time she...

By Sarah Shurge – Some things in life just seem meant to be. For Rachel Botu, that is owning a flower shop. Her shop – Flowers in the Mitten, formerly located in Romulus, recently moved to downtown Wayne. The business soft-opened at its new location on Wednesday,...

By Sarah Shurge – Michigan gained a new haunted house when Eloise Asylum opened a walkthrough immersive horror experience in 2021. The 30,000-square-foot state-of-the-art haunted experience opened Friday, October 1, 2021. Then Eloise announced its newest addition, Escape...