New legislation raises base pay for tipped workers, but a full wage overhaul remains on the table as the debate heats up. To tip or not to tip. And then how much to tip. For Americans facing rising costs of living and tip jars or screen requests for tips, those questions have raised concerns and ...
Every Thursday, Kiwanis volunteers help families in need furnish their homes for free, offering dignity, hope, and a fresh start in Washtenaw County. On a blustery winter Thursday, clusters of excited shoppers, accompanied by Kiwanis volunteers and flatbeds, tour the Kiwanis Thrift Sale showrooms, searching for everything a home needs: microwaves and mixers, tables and ...
With the foreclosure redemption deadline fast approaching, Washtenaw County’s Treasurer’s Office is working to keep struggling homeowners in their homes. Property foreclosures. Tax liens. Evictions. Those words can send shivers down anyone’s spine. They remind us of portly bankers wearing three-piece suits and gold watch chains forcing poor families out of their homes. Historically, Washtenaw ...
Bob and Elsi Sly keep a cherished family tradition alive, crafting pure maple syrup the old-fashioned way on their Hickory Lea homestead in Dexter. By Cynthia Furlong Reynolds “Follow your nose, and you’ll find us,” Elsi Sly assures winter guests. She’s right. Shortly after dusk on a cold, starry night, visitors easily follow the enticing ...
Washtenaw Resident Irene Butter Continues to Share Her Holocaust Story and Advocate for Human Rights By Cynthia Furlong Reynolds “I didn’t ask to go through the Holocaust, but I was saved through the miracles of luck and the love and determination of my Pappi,” says retired U-M professor Irene Hasenberg Butter, 94. “I learned that ...
Paul Schubert, a 95-year-old Chelsea resident, brings history to life with Immigrants’ Son, a vivid memoir of his German-American boyhood during World War II. Photo: With television still in infancy, families would get their wartime news from the radio. Photo: Flickr, Public Domain A Boyhood Shaped by War ““War! Japanese planes have bombed American ships ...
As temperatures drop, over 1,500 Washtenaw County children are staying warm thanks to the Kiwanis-sponsored “Warm the Children” program, led by Mary Stewart and a dedicated team of volunteers. Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash By the time the first snowflakes fell in mid-November, 1,537 local children were wearing new warm clothes provided by the Kiwanis-sponsored Warm the ...
Are you a “locovore?” Discover the joy of eating local Photo: Ryan Poe at one of The Hungry Locovore’s many distribution sites. Photo provided by Ryan Poe. ’Tis the season when thoughts turn to food, and this year many of the foods you choose could be locally grown, harvested, butchered, pickled, baked, stewed, cooked, and ...
A Birthday Trip Turns into a Flight for Life as Florida Faced Its Second Major Hurricane in Weeks Photo: The author captured the scene of hurricane Milton ripping the roof off Tropicana field. Photo by Cynthia Reynolds “If you live in zones A, B, C, D, or in mobile homes, you MUST evacuate. Otherwise, YOU. ...
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