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13th District of Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is supporting the Goudy Park Amphitheatre restoration in the city of Wayne. Tlaib attended the May 18, 2021 City Council meeting via Zoom to discuss her plans for helping Wayne residents. Her FY 2022 Community Project Funding...

By Sarah Shurge – Ray Kull always had a passion for cars. At a young age he began messing around with cars in the driveway. Growing up in the City of Wayne six blocks behind an auto repair shop, Kull spent a lot of time in the shop and eventually started working there....

By Courtney Conover –  After enduring three full days of intense body aches—which had grown progressively worse, Wayne resident Monique Morris, 38, called her husband, Darryl, during her commute home from work. “I told him to open the back door,” remembers Morris. “When I...

Have you ever wondered what it was like living on a farm in the Wayne area? “Many Hands and Hard Work: Farm Families 1850-1910” will be presented by the Wayne Historical Society on Thursday, May 13, at 7:00 p.m. Guest speaker Debra Reid from The Henry Ford will talk about what it...

By Sarah Shurge – Purple and pink candles caught the attention of two specific pairs of eyes. Jennifer Bowers watched as her two granddaughters smelled everything they could and pretended to sell candles to each other at the make-believe store they created near Bowers’...

Wayne-Westland Community Schools kicked off the first NFL Flag Football games of the season recently. Teams from Adams, Franklin and Stevenson Middle School face off against other teams from Wayne County. Games will be played every Friday evening through June 18 at either John...

By Sarah Shurge – Small businesses aren’t the only thing that have taken a hit during COVID-19; the Wayne Chamber of Commerce has as well. The Wayne Chamber is an organization in the city that is comprised of small businesses within the city. It is a networking...

The community is invited to honor those who have given their lives in service to our country as the city of Wayne and the Wayne Veterans Memorial Committee hold its first annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the new Veterans Memorial located next to City Hall at 3355 South Wayne Road...

By Carolyn Marnon – Robert (Bob) Phillips met his lovely bride, Irene, over 70 years ago when he attended a sock-hop at the Wayne Recreation Center where City Hall currently stands. Irene had traveled all the way from Plymouth to attend the dance in perhaps 1948 or 1949. No...

By Khushi Patel – Wayne-Westland Community Schools offers students opportunities in learning that reach far beyond the classroom according to WWCSD Communications Director Jenny Johnson. “We have staff who ignite passion in their students.” Wayne Memorial senior Khushi...