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Start your holiday shopping early! The Ladies Literary Club of Wayne is hosting a Michigan-Made FUNdraiser on Tuesday, October 18, from 6:00-8:30 p.m. The FUNdraiser benefits their yearly scholarships to senior females, one from Wayne Memorial High School and one from John Glenn...

The City of Wayne is placing two ballot proposals before the City’s electors that would give the option of creating a police and fire retirement system pursuant to Public Act 345 of 1937. Why is the city asking for this millage? At the peak of the 2008 national recession,...

Wayne resident Trisha Custer awoke the morning of Thursday, September 22, 2022, with a secret. It was her daughter Abbigail’s eleventh birthday, and the Wayne Police Department was mere moments away from making one of Abbi’s biggest dreams come true. Nowadays, it is not uncommon...

School is back in session. But let’s face it, parents and caregivers never get a break from—and never stop learning about—what it means to become better at raising their children. There’s no manual for what—at times—can only be characterized as a topsy-turvy obstacle course. We...

By Sarah Shurge – Sunday, September 25th, Boy Scouts of America Troop 735made a devastating discovery. Over $6,000 in camping equipment was stolen from their trailer, along with personal medical forms and more. On Sunday, the scoutmaster had sent a scout to grab a grill...

By Courtney Conover – Natalie McCurry Rhaesa, 50, is the baby of the McCurry family, but that’s not her only distinguishing characteristic. “My four siblings all have names that start with D—Donna, Donald, Jr. (who goes by Jim), Dianna, and Doug—and then there’s me,” says...

Wayne Public Library is now open on Mondays! The Wayne Public Library, 3737 S. Wayne Rd, Wayne, MI 48184 is going to be opening on Mondays again starting in September! The library started closing on Mondays in 2009 to cut costs, so it has been 13 years! The new hours will be:...

By Sarah Shurge – It’s a simple question, “Did you always want to be a minister?” And when it’s asked to a minister of over 20 years, you probably would expect the answer to be “yes.” However, when Rev. Bob Cooper was asked that question, his answer might surprise yo...

By Sarah Shurge – On July 11th, a new daycare opened in Downtown Wayne. But not just any daycare, a 24-hour daycare. Tiny Stepping Stones Childcare LLC. is a child care agency that is open 24 hours, seven days a week. Chyna Knowles owns an elderly care agency, Comforting...

Mindful Moment – By Courtney Conover It’s the sound of change happening all around us. It’s the sound of school buses pulling up the curb, alarm clocks blaring far earlier than we’d like, and, in some instances, it’s the silence that inhabits the space where noise once...