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Wayne public safety through the years

By Darlene Hawley – In the early 1800’s,  when George Johnson built the first building in the wilderness now known as the City of Wayne, life was dangerous.  People traveling westward by foot, horseback and wagon were prey to wild animals, thick forests and no roads. ...

Special Events planned for National Small Business Week

By Lindsey Wooten – Social Media Marketing for your Small Business Workshop Monday, May 2nd, 6:00 PM Wayne Historical Museum Presenter: Kristi Trevarrow from Downtown Rochester & Main Street Nation How are you leveraging social media platforms to help drive traffic to...

Remembering Mulholland’s downtown

By Darlene Hawley – Last fall, Mathew Mulholland, the youngest child of Bill and Phyllis  Mulholland spoke at a meeting of the Wayne Historical Society in our historical museum at 1Towne Square in Wayne.  The meeting was well attended by members of the Society as well as...

Check out the businesses on the south side

By Dee Ryan – You’ve heard the old saying “When one door closes another opens.”  Something like that happened in Wayne.  We were lamenting the closing of our Kroger store –but hallelujah!  Pizmo’s Market opened.  We are all very happy. The spotless store is run by Todd ...

What’s everybody reading in town

By Dee Ryan – City Clerk, Matt Miller writes “ I am almost finished with “Once in a Great City—A Detroit Story” by David Mariniss.  A wonderful history of the City with a look at all walks of life, from poor South West Detroit kids to Motown greats, to the Ford...

Wayne Main Street publishes first annual report

By Lindsey Wooten – Wayne Main Street and the City of Wayne has seen incredible progress during our first year of being a Select Level Michigan Main Street community and we are confident that our second year will be even more exciting. Overall, our program has brought in...

Great activities always happening in Wayne

By Dee Ryan – Many thanks to ICON Computer Solutions.  Nasty viruses had invaded my computer, as well as my husband’s.  It would have cost us a bundle to eliminate them.  Enter the good guys from ICON.  Within a few hours they cleaned both of our computers of the ‘b...

Houses in Wayne

Darlene Hawley – The first home built in our community was a log house built by George M. Johnson in 1824 and was used as his home as well as a tavern which could house and feed voyagers  traveling the old Sauk Trail or Chicago Road (Michigan Avenue) from Detroit westward...

Great activities always happening in Wayne

By Dee Ryan – Mat Mulholland gave a wonderful talk at our Library last month.  It was packed with memories, pictures and articles of the store—Mulholland Dry Goods—that his family founded in Wayne. It was a loving look back at not only the store, but also Wayne...

Small Business Saturday

By Lindsey Wooten – Saturday, November 28th, 2015 Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after US Thanksgiving during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. First observed on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to Black...