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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. In one of my previous Spotlights, I mentioned my passion for helping the less fortunate through...

The series where the writer gets to know the city more personally, while the readers get to know the writer better in the process. The hard thing about adult friendships is that we’re all busy. Work hours are long, schedules are packed, when you finally have a free moment, you’re...

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. The end of August was loaded with lots of rain, followed by terrible heat and humidity. Both of...

With winter already approaching soon, many will be wanting to make their old house warmer, more comfortable and to lower bills. Sometimes work done to accomplish this actually can make things worse or waste money, so here are a few tips when working on old houses. Many people’s...

With all the excitement around the opening of the new Goudy Park performance area, let’s take a look back at the history of the park. Ever since the 1870s the plot of land has been laid out into house lots, but due to the area being low and flooding often no houses were ever...

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. As a writer, most of the time I’m writing about events before they happen, so I hardly ever get...

Now that summer is in full swing many Wayne-ites will make their way to Cedar Point or Michigan Adventure for a fun day of rides and coasters, but did you know that in the past residents didn’t have to go so far to visit an amusement park? In the 1920s the U.S. had over...

The series where the writer gets to know the city more personally, while the readers get to know the writer better in the process. Growing up in a single-parent household, Mother’s Day was always important because it was the one holiday that celebrated the only parent I had. My...

You might be surprised to learn that Wayne did not have a hospital per-se until well into the 1900s. The first doctor in Wayne was Julius M. Hume, who came to town in 1832. Back then doctors would make house calls to care for the sick and injured, or if they had space, might set...

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. As I’ve previously mentioned before, I am the chauffeur to three large short-haired dogs. I have...