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By Dave Merchant – The Lady Zebras basketball team is off to one of the best starts ever according to team officials.  The girls are starting to play tough against league opponents as well as tough non-league opponents. The team is currently 3-2 taking their first loss to...

By Carolyn Marnon – Imagine how you would feel if you were standing on a stage waiting for the emcee to announce the winner of the Distinguished Young Women of Wayne-Westland (formerly Wayne-Westland’s Junior Miss) and you were a teenage girl.  Teenage girls giddy with...

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...

By Dave Merchant – Charity comes from the heart and it also comes from the wonderful people who work in the auto industry and are fortunate enough and willing to give back to the Wayne, Westland and surrounding communities and people who may need a little help around the...

By Carolyn Marnon – One way you can help the economy in Wayne is to do as much of your holiday shopping in Wayne as you can.  Wayne may not have the big box stores and the large retail chains, but it still has plenty of options to offer. Leo’s Jewelry and Gifts, 34900 W...

Christmas meals at HYPE HYPE will be receiving 200 boxed turkey meals on December 18th and will have them available for distribution soon after.  They are working with local organizations such as churches and schools, to collect names of Wayne families who might not otherwise...

The Wayne Main Street Program has recently received design services for proposed façade improvements for three buildings in downtown Wayne. Two of the buildings, located at 35122 and 35118 W. Michigan Avenue, are home to Greater Dreams Church and are viewed as key buildings in...

Hoover Elementary School students were thrilled to welcome visitors from Books for Benefits. BFB is a student-led organization through University of Michigan. In its first year, their goal is to promote literacy to at-risk students. Their mission is books, bags and bookmarks....

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...

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...