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Welcome back to another Spotlight Series with Sarah! The series where the writer gets to know the city more personally, while the readers get to know the writer better in the process. When I started my column last year, my very first spotlight was on Karma Coffee & Kitchen, a...

Back in the 1820s and 30s most of the area immediately outside the few downtown streets was originally settled as 40 – 80 acre farms. This land was mostly wooded with white and yellow oak with some poplar mixed in. The original landowners would have to cut the trees, pull...

Did you know that Wayne used to be one of the largest Carriage and Sleigh makers in the US? It all began in 1882 when local businessman John Steers wrote in his newspaper “The village presents a rather dull appearance, as farmers are engaged in haying and harvesting”....

Welcome back to another Spotlight Series with Sarah! The series where the writer gets to know the city more personally, while the readers get to know the writer better in the process. I’ve been writing for The Wayne Dispatch for almost four years now, however, The Wayne Dispatch...

This is the eighth and final installment on the history of the Wayne County Poorhouse and Asylum, commonly known as Eloise. After WW2 there began to be problems with overcrowding and funding at Eloise as priorities shifted. The state was still refusing to take all of its charges,...

Welcome back to another Spotlight Series with Sarah! The series where the writer gets to know the city more personally, while the readers get to know the writer better in the process. With the arrival of a new year, so comes the “new year, new me” people. The New Year’s...

This is part 7 of a multi-part history of the Wayne County Poorhouse and Asylum, commonly known as Eloise. In the height of the Depression, it was decided that the county house after being an asylum, poorhouse, and sanitarium for tuberculosis would also become a full-fledged...

Welcome back to another Spotlight Series with Sarah! The series where the writer gets to know the city more personally, while the readers get to know the writer better in the process. It’s funny how taking a certain class or playing a certain instrument can lead you to meeting...

This is part 6 of a multi-part history of the Wayne County Poorhouse and Asylum, commonly known as Eloise. As we go into the 1920s Eloise experiences a population explosion, just like Detroit at the time. The auto industry was booming, people were moving to Wayne County for work...

Welcome back to another Spotlight Series with Sarah! The series where the writer gets to know the city more personally, while the readers get to know the writer better in the process. Some people are ‘car people,’ while other people are not. Unfortunately, I am the latter....