In her new book, Leslie Stainton documents kidnapping, abuse and racial violence embedded in her family’s plantation history. Editor’s Note: February is Black History Month, a time to reflect on the history of slavery, racial injustice and the ongoing struggle for equality in America. This article is part of a series exploring how national Black ...
Every Saturday morning, between 200 and 250 cars pull up to the loading dock to deliver items families no longer need. And every Friday and Saturday mornings, long lines of shoppers wait eagerly for the Kiwanis Thrift Sale doors to open, eager to find bargains. “Thrifting isn’t just for college kids of newlyweds needing to ...
Photo: Author/adventurer Pat Winton with his new book, “Chasing Waves.” Courtesy of Cindy Pine Back in the mid-1940s, the wild and mysterious Lake Superior claimed the imagination of a small boy, and he never lost his fascination for Big Waters. He grew up determined that one day he would explore their waters and captain ships ...
“The fact that many of our neighbors are hurting financially is no surprise, but this year too many children in Washtenaw County are facing a particularly cold winter without boots, warm coats, gloves, and mittens,” says Mary Stewart, who heads the non-profit organization Warm the Children. The heart-warming, children-warming program is working hard to help ...
Photos by Cynthia Furlong-Reynolds Christmas lights shimmer in windows bedecked with wreathes. Carolers wander down village lanes singing. A young man has dropped onto one knee to propose to a delighted woman. Families of all ages gather to decorate trees on a village green. Choirs sing to the heavens near a nativity scene. Farmers tend ...
“Fall Frolic” the sign proclaimed, welcoming Halloween partygoers to the Kiwanis headquarters on Jackson Road one day before the official trick-or-treat night.Guests who didn’t arrive in costume were offered crazy hats or robes before the fun began for a very special gathering. Adults suffering with dementia and their caregivers were treated to noon-time fun, including ...
Photo by diane39 Michigan’s schools have received their report cards, and many are full of failing grades. According to the Michigan Student Test of Educational Programs (known as M-STEP), on average across the state, only three of five third-grade students can read proficiently. That means two out of five third-graders cannot read to their grade ...
Photo: (L-R) Creative Designer Nina Letterly, Editor Doug Marrin, TRUiC CEO Nagabhushanam “Bobbi” Peddi, STN Publisher/TRUiC COO Ashley Hiser, and Director of Business Development Ashley Damm. Photo by Priscilla Creswell. Once upon a time, not so long ago, newspapers were the primary source of news for the average American—in fact, in the nineteenth century, Chelsea ...
Photos by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds An elegant woman dressed in black and wearing an open-crown straw summer hat with a jaunty bow and gold high heels pulls hatbox after hatbox after hatbox out of her car. “I have more, of course,” she says, handing over armfuls of the huge wallpaper-covered boxes. “In fact, my ...
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 ...
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