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  • Winter Wonderland

    NORTHVILLIANS, I hope your New Year is starting off well … we’ve seen our Spartans win the Peach Bowl against Pittsburgh (31-21) and, alas, we’ve watched the Wolverines  battle unsuccessfully against Georgia in the Orange Bowl.  As we enter 2022, I continue to encourage you to share your time & talents with all those in…

  • New Year’s

    NORTHVILLIANS, Happy Pre-New Year! As we ready for 2022, I wish you all THE BEST of what the New Year brings. I encourage you to continue to share your time & talents with all those in need in our community. It’s been quite a journey this past year.  In this week’s letter, I’ll highlight some…

  • Christmas

    NORTHVILLIANS, Today, I’ll talk briefly about past holiday traditions.  My grandparents told me that Henry Ford (who spent his honeymoon here in Northville) hosted Christmas square dances in the Ville, and that the whole town was traditionally lit up with colorful seasonal lights. There were stories of all the bells in the churches and the…

  • 2000s Dreams

    NORTHVILLIANS, This series on “Northville through the centuries,” which you’ve been reading the past few weeks, is designed to give you background on where we’ve been in our past, where we are today and what we can do together…for our future.Soon, we will start planning our bicentennial celebration.  It’s time to look at the trajectory…

  • 1900s Dreams

    NORTHVILLIANS, This week as we get ready for the Holidays, we’ll see how Northville embraced the “Industrial Revolution” as it migrated from a milling town to an industrial power at the turn of the century (1900).  The “Northville Dreams” series (which started last week and spans the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries), is intended to help you…

  • 1800s Dreams

    NORTHVILLIANS, Before we get heavy into the Holidays, we will take next few weeks to look at Northville Dreams from the Past, Present and Future. This week will begin exploring the early visions and aspirations of this North Village in the territory.  DREAMS OF YESTERYEAR IN THE VILLE … way back in the 1800’s I…