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Wayne Main Street hosts Building Basics Workshop

Lindsey Wooten – The Wayne Main Street Design Committee announces the upcoming application period of the Wayne Main Street Design Services program. An information meeting for business and building owners who are located in the Main Street district will be held on Monday,...

Wayne Memorial Bowling team wins State Championship

By Samantha Tillman, WMHS sophomore – The Wayne Memorial High School boys bowling team finished with a first place win at the state championship on March 6 and 7, being the first boys’ bowling team to win states in the history of Wayne Memorial. Coach Bob Jawor (whom the...

Police Department to host monthly meetings

Wayne Police Chief Al Maciag and his department will begin hosting monthly meetings to hear concerns of the residents and business owners. The first meeting will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, at the Wayne Activity and Banquet Center located at 35000 Sims Avenue, Wayne,...

Sweet treats for Wayne

Darlene Hawley – As March arrives and winter wanes we begin to look for signs of spring and an end to the cold snowy weather of January and February.  Of course the 20th of March is the official first day of spring but there are other signs we look for.  Robins gathering in...

In memory of my daughter, Isabella Harmony Shuh (9/30/2005-3/08/2006)

Buddy Shuh – At about 8 a.m. on March 8th of 2006, my phone rang. It was Children’s Hospital in Detroit. They told me that it was time, and that I probably needed to hurry. You see, they knew that my wife and I wanted to be present when our five month old daughter passed...

Mobile libraries coming to Wayne and Westland

The Wayne and Westland Rotary Clubs, along with help from the construction technology students at the William D. Ford Career Technical Center, are providing Little Free Libraries for the community. Little Free Libraries is a “take a book, return a book” box full of books where...

Wayne resident runs community theater group

  By Alex Lundberg – For the last 10 years, a group of dedicated actors and musicians have been bringing entertainment to Wayne residents from a humble stage in the middle of an industrial park in Westland. After dozens of performances and acting and stagecraft...

Council closes pool to save $70,000 per year

By Jenny Johnson – In a 4-3 vote the Wayne City Council decided to close the pool at the Wayne Community Center on Feb. 22. Councilmen Albert Damitio, David James and Skip Monit voted no. This is one way the city is trying to chip away at a $600,000 deficit in the current...

Unsung heros

Dee Ryan – Join me in praising the unsung heroes of Wayne’s DPW.  Their names are: Mike Britton,  Steve Curley, Brian Smith, Craig Krzeninski, Chuck Hannah and Mike Schuell. On Monday, February 16, a day you’ll remember that was bitterly cold with temps below zero, this...

New voting precincts and wards

There will be a change to the voting process in Wayne starting with the May 5 election. In November 2014 voters in the city approved a ward voting system. To implement these changes there will be a change to polling locations and all voters will get new voter registration cards....