• Veterans Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, This week the Chamber will honor our Northville Military Veterans through the banner program, which pictures our vets on several light poles around downtown.  Accordingly and with great respect, I will look back on those who have served our community and our country. We have 24 Civil War veterans in the Oakwood Cemetery alone…

  • Halloween

    NORTHVILLIANS, Halloween will be here Saturday with a Full moon in the night sky … it will truly be a unique holiday this year.  Let’s look at Northville Halloweens through the years: 1908 – The Northville Record reported that on Halloween night some young boys thought it would be smart to tear the front steps off…

  • Elections

    NORTHVILLIANS, Elections & voting are finally upon us!  Accordingly, we will look back through Northville’s history on some interesting election and political activities around the Ville through time.  Let’s look back to various VOTING activities through history and some Northville connections: 1894 – 541 Northville ballots were cast in total … 298 straight Republican, 112 for…

  • Cider Mills

    NORTHVILLIANS, Fall is here with the trees changing to spectacular colors, football games being played, and the aroma of fires and sweet smell of cider in the air. In this week’s letter we will talk in more detail about our historic Cider Mills. Let’s look at this fall season of spectacular color changes of the…

  • Football

    NORTHVILLIANS, In this week’s letter, I would like to pay a heartfelt tribute to all the gridiron teams, coaches, and all the student-athletes of Northville over the past 100 years or so. As I look back at Northville Football, some infamous family stories come to mind. My father shared many tales of his antics as…

  • Historic Businesses

    NORTHVILLIANS, In this week’s letter, I continue to look back at some of the historic Northville businesses that have been in operation for more than half a century.  They are clearly part of the fabric of the community. Northville Historic businesses in continuous operation for more than 50 years 1850’s – Northville streets in the 1800’s…