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  • MLK Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, With New Year’s Resolutions on our minds and all of us trying to achieve them, let’s take a look at their historic origins and traditions, and then we’ll move on to Dr. Martin Luther King Day. RESOLUTIONS 2025 The ancient Babylonians were the first people to make New Year’s resolutions some 4000 years ago.…

  • Detroit Auto Show

    NORTHVILLIANS, In today’s newsletter, as we ready for activities of the Detroit Auto Show, I will talk about our local car culture history and its connections to the North American International Auto Show. This Friday, many of our restaurants will host pre & post Charity Pre-View events connected to this year’s show. Cars have been…

  • Year in Review

    NORTHVILLIANS, The year 2024 in Northville was, in a word, momentous, and we will review it in this Mayoral letter. As we roll into 2025, I again wish you all THE BEST that this New Year will bring and encourage you to engage in our community. Today, I’ll highlight some initiatives we accomplished in 2024. As this…

  • New Year’s

    NORTHVILLIANS, Happy Pre-New Year! This is the last Mayoral Newsletter of 2024.  As we ready for New Year’s Eve, I understand that the traditional colors for ringing in the New Year include Gold, Silver and Red. The color red historically represents bravery and fearlessness along with exuberance of joyous optimism … this all ties into…

  • Christmas

    NORTHVILLIANS, Today, I’m writing about past holiday Northville traditions. One of my grandfathers (the electrician in town) told stories about Henry Ford, and how he and wife Clara, who had their honeymoon here in the 1880’s hosted Christmas square dances in the Ville. My other grandfather (the barber) spoke about cutting Henry’s hair on occasion. Early…

  • Winter Wonderland

    NORTHVILLIANS, Winter has absolutely hit Michigan with record-setting snow of over 25 inches in one day in Gaylord last week. Add that to the nearly 40 inches of snowfall in Sault Ste. Marie in the past 10 days.  Winter activities are in full swing to the North of us and creeping their way south to…