There are many things associated with teenage girls. Although I don’t like to pigeonhole myself or other girls, I must admit that when my grandpa stared blankly at his cell phone, I was the first asked to help him learn how to use it. He learned how to take pictures and quickly changed his...
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. This year’s Brighton Smokin’ Jazz and Barbeque Blues Festival is offering up a number of delicacies for both the taste buds and the ears. But, here’s a secret: you’ll want to be there Friday night from 9:45-11 p.m., because a world-class, award-winning treat is going to be available for you to enjoy.: Mack...
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I’ve been writing newspaper columns in Livingston County for going on 30 years now, and like many newspaper columnists, I’ve tried to use my soapbox to advocate for some causes that I feel are truly important. Some columnists use their positions to push for things like social justice or ending world poverty or putting...
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Police say 4-year-old Dominick Calhoun was tortured to death by his mother’s boyfriend in the spring. At the end of March, Dominick’s 25-year-old mother moved with him and his 8-year-old brother into the apartment of her boyfriend, a 24-year-old ex-con who was a couple months out of prison. Less than two weeks later, after...
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I didn’t know Kerry Hutchins, but her death has touched me deeply, as it will you. Watching this video will make you all too aware of how precious the gift of life is. The young mother from the west side of the state died Saturday at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann...
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Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Homes once said that the “life of the law is not logic, but experience.” What he said about the law might well be applied to the debate about a Muslim mosque near Ground Zero. I am puzzled by the Muslim insistence on putting up a mosque at the 9/11...
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I don’t like to brag, mind you, but I feel compelled to tell you a story that illustrates why I’m the greatest dad in the whole entire world. My daughter Amelia turned 13 on Friday (yes, 13!), and to usher in her teenage years, she decided that she wanted to go to Cedar Point....
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Marion Cornett loves Fowlerville. Since moving there in 1998, she’s become an active community member, business owner, blogger and — most recently — chronicler of the village’s colorful history. On her blog, The Fowlerville Observer, Cornett posts what she calls “squint shots,” photos of scenes taken throughout Fowlerville. While photographing around the area, Cornett...
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In response to an urgent request from the Italian government, the members of the Brighton City Council who voted to move the community’s famous “Decision Pending” sculpture (aka, “Ugly Naked Guy”) are scheduled to board a flight to Florence later this week. Their mission? Assist the Italian government in its efforts to move the...
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UPDATE: City of Howell suspends a portion of its noise ordinance on Monday, which allows Joseph Flanders to resume performing in front of the Dairy Queen (http://www.whmi.com/). I am one of those people who firmly believes that music makes the world go ’round. Whether it’s recorded or live, professional or amateur, there’s something about...
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