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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. 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...

Although Wayne is small and a large part of its historic buildings were torn down in the 1960s during Urban Renewal, there are still some historic gems left that should be protected. Designating an area a Historic District is one of the few ways to legally protect an area from...

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 second to last weekend of January, I took a weekend trip to New York City, however, that just so happened to be the same weekend that the huge...

The history of certain groups trying to ban alcohol goes back centuries, but in Wayne it really only picked up in the 1870s. A group called the “Women’s Christian Temperance Union” or W.C.T.U. was founded in 1874 in Michigan and a Wayne branch was founded in...

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. Ever since I started my column in March 2024, I’ve been writing about services I’ve received in...

The Wayne Drive-In opened in 1949 on Michigan Avenue near Hix Road. It was built by the Shafer family who owned and ran the Old Wayne Theater and the State Theater, and they claimed at the time it was the largest drive-in in Michigan. It began with one screen and a capacity of...